Description
In 1752 Charles Nicholas Cochin became the guardian of the King's drawing collection and in 1755 the secretary of the Royal Academy, where he worked closely with the still-life and genre artist Jean Simeon Chardin to hang the annual Salons.
Accession Number
148400
Medium
Etching with Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 28 × 31.2 cm (11 1/16 × 12 5/16 in.); Sheet: 38.9 × 51.4 cm (15 3/8 × 20 1/4 in.)
Classification
engraving
Credit Line
Elizabeth Gott Templeton Endowment
