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Diverse portraits of 18th-century artists and historical figures, showcasing detailed depictions in various artistic styles including paintings and engravings.

Sir Jean Chardin (born 26 November 1643 in Paris, died 26 January 1713) was a French explorer who traveled particularly in the Near East, colored woodcut from Crabbe's Historical Dictionary from 1825, Historical, digital reproduction.
Sir Jean Chardin (born 26 November 1643 in Paris, died 26 January 1713) was a French explorer who traveled particularly in the Near East, colored woodcut from Crabbe's Historical Dictionary from 1825, Historical, digital reproduction.
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Voltaire (Marie François Arouet, 1694-1778) late 18th century, after model of 1778 After a model by Jean Antoine Houdon French Although many of Houdon's foreign patrons (such as Empress Catherine), as well as some private collectors of advanced taste, preferred the severe á l'antique portrait format of his Diderot and the original Voltaire bust, the sculptor produced other, more elaborate versions as well. This type, called á la française, followed soon on the heels of the first version. Houdon employs the same transfixing image of the face used to produce the classical model, but here surrounds it with a heavy, old-fashioned wig and conventional contemporary garments. D'Alembert presented a copy to the Académie Française in August 1778 and Houdon himself offered plasters in this format to each academician the following January.The typology matches a version of the posthumous portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau modeled by Houdon in July 1778 (see 08.89.2a). When the two Enlightenment herJean Lebeuf, born 1687, died 1760, French historian, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknownBURETA, María de la Consolación de Azlor y Villavicencio, condesa de (Girona,1773-Zaragoza,1814). Heroína española de la Guerra de la Independencia Durante el Sitio de Zaragoza (1808) defendió la ciudad contra los invasores y creó una organización femenina de asistencia a los heridos. Oleo anónimo. Museo Histórico Municipal. Cádiz. Andalucía. España.Giambattista bodoni. 1740 1813.