Presenté et dedié a la convention National l'an 2 de la Republique

Prints and Drawings

1793

A. Duplessis
French, 18th century

The little-known Parisian printmaker A. Duplessis specialized in allegorical representations of events surrounding the French Revolution. This large sheet celebrates the 1793 constitution, which was based on the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man, with additions including the abolition of slavery and the right of rebellion. Delicate roulette shading contrasts the architectural space occupied by the National Convention with the outside crowds. The burnished beam of light issuing from the cloud at upper right may illuminate Maximilien de Robespierre, the French statesman who advocated for the secularization of the state and led the Reign of Terror.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: A. Duplessis
Title: Presenté et dedié a la convention National l'an 2 de la Republique
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1793
Medium: Etching and stipple engraving, roulette and burnishing in black on off-white laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 41 × 60.8 cm (16 3/16 × 23 15/16 in.); Sheet: 52.4 × 64.1 cm (20 11/16 × 25 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Reference Number: 2013.529
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