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Benoît-Louis Prévost

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Engraved plate showing a gem engraver at a workbench, a lathe in the room, and two technical diagrams below.

Gem Engraving, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate of seal engraving tools and a workshop scene with two craftsmen in an interior.

Seal Engraving, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate of a medal engraver's workshop above labeled diagrams of medal-making tools and molds.

Medal Engraving, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate of a man writing at a desk in a room, with below it studies of quill pens, hands, an inkwell and a sand box.

Art of Writing, from Encyclopédie

1760

Engraved plate showing card-making tools, workbench, drying frames and a heating stand, labeled Cartier, Pl. II.

Card-Maker, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate of a crowded 18th-century drawing class above floor plan and section diagrams of the school.

Design School, from Encyclopédie

1763

Engraved plate of fifteen drawing instruments including quill pens, compasses, a pen knife, ink pot, stool and gridded drawin

Design: Instruments, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate of a pantograph drawing instrument with numbered detail figures, a compass, and a scale bar in inches.

Design: Pantograph, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate of an articulated wooden mannequin with ball joints on a circular base, labeled Pl. VI, fig. 1.

Design: Mannequin, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate of nine head studies with construction lines showing facial proportions for drawing oval faces.

Design: Ovals, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate of nine numbered studies of eyes and noses for drawing instruction, with hatched shading and labeled guideline

Design: Facial Anatomy from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Design: Heads, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate with five studies of hands in different poses, one pair resting on a book.

Design: Hands, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved anatomical plate of legs and feet, with measured foot studies at top and crossed male legs seated on a block below.

Design: Legs and Feet, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved academic study of a nude male figure seen from behind, arm raised, against a hatched shaded background.

Design: Academic Figure, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate of two nude male figures in a grouped pose on a stone ledge, with lettered reference lines at right.

Design: Grouped Figures, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate of a nude male figure seen from behind, standing with head turned, against a hatched background.

Design: Figure from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate with three putti above and a seated child beside an urn and grapes below, labelled Dessein, Enfans.

Design: Children, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Design: Ages, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Design: Draped Figures, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Line engraving of allegorical women and a child with a distant castle, titled Dessein, Pensée ou Croquis.

Design: Sketch, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved landscape with a leaning tree, a woman with a pitcher by a river, an arched bridge and town buildings.

Design: Landscape Study, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate of the Farnese Hercules showing front, back, and side views with proportion guides, plus head, arm, and pelvis

Design: Proportions of the Farnese Hercules, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Engraved plate of the Medici Venus in front, back and side views with proportion annotations and detail studies of head, hand

Design: Proportions of the Medici Venus, from Encyclopédie

1762/77

Hand-colored engraving of a man in bed scratching at fleas beside a red curtain and pewter pot.

The Man with Fleas

1756

Hand-colored engraving of a man struggling with a red cloth near two oxen, with classical ruins and a tree behind.

Man and the Snake

1759

Hand-colored engraving of a seated king with a kite on his head, a hunter reaching for it, and soldiers watching.

The King, the Kite, and the Hunter

1759

Blank pale sheet on grey mount with a violet library stamp and handwritten inventory number at centre.

La mort de Turenne

1780

Engraving of an 18th-century academy drawing class with students at easels, plaster casts on the wall, and a nude figure on a

Zeichenkurs in der Akademie

Back of a cream paper sheet with a red National Library stamp and handwritten shelf marks in the center.

[Portret króla Francji Ludwika XV]

1765

Engraving of armored men and mounted troops with banners in a field, above a printed title page for the House of Bourbon.

Jan II van Bourbon tijdens de belegering van Metz

1776

Engraving of armored soldiers battling near a fortress wall, with a wounded man on the ground and printed text below.

Jan I van Bourbon gewond in de Slag bij Azincourt

1772