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Portrait d'un Géomètre

  • Portrait of a Geometrist

  • Circa 1800

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A portrait of a man (possibly Athalante Legrand, a French mathematician) in academic dress seated with his right arm on a ledge, pointing to a geometric diagram.

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  • 15.75 in. H x 11.5 in. W
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  • (Below portrait) "Peint par Bol. / Dessiné par Lefort. / Gravé à St .Petersbourg par J. S. Klauber, Graveur de S. M. J. l'Empereur de toutes les Russies & Membre de l'ancienne Académie de Paris."
  • (Bottom center) "Portrait d'un Géomètre."
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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Klauber, Ignaz Sebastian. “Portrait d'Un Géomètre.” Wove paper, paper (fiber product), circa 1800. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/000000086.

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