{"product_id":"necker-finance-minister-louis-xvi-french-revolution-aquatint-levachez-framed","title":"Necker Finance Minister Louis XVI French Revolution Aquatint Levachez Framed","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original French Revolution portrait of \u003cstrong\u003eNecker\u003c\/strong\u003e, the portrait roundel engraved in aquatint by Levachez and the narrative vignette beneath designed and etched by Duplessi-Bertaux, dated in the plate \u003cstrong\u003el'An 6 de la Rép.\u003c\/strong\u003e (1797-98).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lettering reads \u003cstrong\u003eNÉKER MINISTRE D'ÉTAT ET DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL DES FINANCES EN 1788, Ministre d'État et premier ministre des finances en 1790\u003c\/strong\u003e. The vignette shows cavalry charging into a crowd.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacques Necker, the Genevan banker who served as Louis XVI's finance minister, was the most popular statesman in France on the eve of the Revolution; his dismissal in July 1789 was one of the sparks for the storming of the Bastille. Note the plate's period spelling 'Néker'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plate comes from the celebrated series of revolutionary portraits issued with the \u003cem\u003eTableaux historiques de la Révolution française\u003c\/em\u003e in Paris. Each plate follows the same format: a finely worked aquatint portrait by \u003cstrong\u003eCharles-François-Gabriel Levachez\u003c\/strong\u003e in a circular medallion, above an etched vignette by \u003cstrong\u003eJean Duplessi-Bertaux\u003c\/strong\u003e showing a defining moment in the sitter's life, with the lettering beneath. The portraits were issued in instalments from the late 1790s and added to the \u003cem\u003eTableaux historiques\u003c\/em\u003e in its 1802 edition; impressions are held by the Musée Carnavalet in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFraming and provenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e in an ebonised reeded frame bearing to the reverse the trade label of Samuel Jennings, 16 Duke Street, Manchester Square, London - \"To Her Majesty the Queen \u0026amp; the Royal Family, Estab'd 1824\". The National Portrait Gallery's directory of British framemakers records \u003cstrong\u003eSamuel Jennings, Carver, Gilder \u0026amp; Printseller\u003c\/strong\u003e at 16 Duke Street, Manchester Square, London from 1850 to 1885, so this print has been in an English collection since the Victorian period. Offered from a group of these portraits framed by Jennings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e age-toning and foxing to the paper consistent with age; please see all photographs, which form part of the description. Frame with wear commensurate with age. Hanging wire to the reverse. Not examined out of the frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 28 x 22.5 cm framed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarefully packed and posted. Please ask if you would like any further photographs or measurements.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moffitts Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54613039317276,"sku":null,"price":110.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/4630\/0188\/files\/57_c0d2c47b-df8f-477e-853d-edf49b4ee512.jpg?v=1790407164","url":"https:\/\/moffitts.co.uk\/products\/necker-finance-minister-louis-xvi-french-revolution-aquatint-levachez-framed","provider":"Moffitts Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}