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[Denis Diderot, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in oval] / P.M. Alix, sculp. – Vintage Photo Print

[Denis Diderot, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in oval] / P.M. Alix, sculp. — historic print
[Denis Diderot, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in oval] / P.M. Alix, sculp.. Historic print from the Europe collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic print captures [Denis Diderot, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in oval] / P.M. Alix, sculp. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Denis Diderot, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in oval] / P.M. Alix, sculp.

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Nine years after Denis Diderot's death in 1784, this color aquatint by P.M. Alix shows the philosopher in an oval frame, head and shoulders turned slightly to the left. The print appeared in 1793, during the Revolution, when Diderot was widely honored as a champion of reason and free inquiry. He had spent decades editing the *Encyclopédie* with Jean le Rond d'Alembert, a multivolume project that gathered knowledge on crafts, science, and politics and was often viewed as a challenge to church and crown. Portraits like this one helped keep his image before the public as the Revolution reshaped French culture.

Medium1 print : aquatint, color.
Notes1793
SubjectsDiderot, Denis,--1713-1784.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,786 × 4,701 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-221088

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