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Le Brun, Jean-Baptiste-Pierre, 1748-1813

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  • A fishing boat drawn up on to the beach at Scheveningen, surrounded by fishermen and a fishwife selling fish to customers. Etching by C. Weisbrod and engraving by J.P. Le Bas, 1779, after P. Bout.
  • A physician, in his surgery and workshop, examining a urine flask and referring to a book. Engraving by J.P. Le Bas after D. Teniers.
  • Zenobia, ruler of the Palmyrene empire, is besieged in Antioch by the Roman emperor Aurelian, and gives orders for the moving of her treasure: a man carrying a large vessel filled with coins carries it past the tomb of Odenathus. Line engraving by Charles Etienne Gaucher, 1789, after J. Werner.
  • A boy blowing bubbles. Engraving by M. Blot, 1792, after F. van Mieris.
  • An allegory celebrating Dutch painters. Engraving by J.A. Pierron after P. Peyron.

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    Four men and a woman smoking and drinking in an arbour and listening to a travelling hurdy-gurdy player. Etching by R. Daudet, 1787, after C. Dusart.

    Dusart, Cornelis, 1660-1704. | Date: [1787] | Reference: 3006309i
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    An old shoemaker is stitching a boot as a young woman leans over him holding a jug in her hand. Engraving by P. Duflos, 1778 after D. van Tol.

    Tol, Dominicus van, approximately 1631-1676. | Date: [1778] | Reference: 29847i
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    A fishing boat drawn up on to the beach at Scheveningen, surrounded by fishermen and a fishwife selling fish to customers. Etching by C. Weisbrod and engraving by J.P. Le Bas, 1779, after P. Bout.

    Bout, Pieter, approximately 1640-1689. | Date: [1779] | Reference: 29863i
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    Astronomy: a scholar in his study, plotting points on a globe. Engraving by L. Garreau after J. Vermeer.

    Vermeer, Johannes, 1632-1675. | Date: 1700-1799 | Reference: 46323i
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    Jupiter orders Notus (the south wind) to flood the Earth: as the water rises, people try to escape. Engraving by L. Garreau after A. van Diepenbeeck.

    Diepenbeeck, Abraham van, 1596-1675. | Date: 1771-1791 | Reference: 524674i
    Part of: Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands de Le Brun

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