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4 results filtered with: Voltaire, 1694-1778
  • Saint Gregory the Great: elected pope, he receives obeisance from the cardinals. Engraving by S.C. Miger, 1770, after C. van Loo.
  • Jean le Rond d'Alembert. Line engraving by P. Maleuvre, 1775, after A. Pujos, 1774.
  • Saint Gregory the Great: he holds up before a heretic woman the Host in which Christ crucified appears. Engraving by F. Voyez, 1769, after C. van Loo.
  • Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis pointing out the length of a degree on the longitude of meridian in Lapland to two people. Etching, 1753.