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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R3696
People
Jean Baptiste Joseph Delafosse, French (Paris 1721 - 1775 Paris)
After Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, French (Paris 1717 - 1806 Paris)
Title
The Miserable Calas Family
Other Titles
Original Language Title: La malheureuse famille Calas
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1765
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/239343

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Image: 29.3 × 42.3 cm (11 9/16 × 16 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 31.1 × 42.7 cm (12 1/4 × 16 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
IFF, vol VI, no. 55, p. 207

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R3696
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Frank A. Kafker, "Le rôle de Diderot dans l'affaire Calas", Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie (October 21, 1996), p. 14

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