Portrait of Jean Racine. 1784.

After the original by J. B. Santerre.
Frontispiece to the publication of "Les Annales poétiques, ou Almanach des Muses".
Engraving, etching. 176 x 117.
On the console: JEAN RACINE Né en 1639. mort en 1699; under the frame, on the left: J.B. Santerre P.; on the right: Jngouf Junior sculpt.
From the edition: Les Annales poétiques, ou Almanach des Muses – Paris: [Ed. Delalain], 1784. – T. 30. – He made 27 engraved frontispieces for this edition.
The pictorial original of J. B. Santerre is in the collection of the Palace of Versailles (Paris, France).
Inv. G 410.
Literature: Inventaire BNF XVIIIe s., t. 11, p. 580, № 107.

Santerre, Jean-Baptiste (1651, Magny-en-Vexin – 1717, Paris) – French painter, academician of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture; a representative of the Grand Style of the era of Louis XIV.

Racine, Jean Baptiste (1639-1699) – French playwright.