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The image shows a man in profile within an ornate circular frame. The man has a pronounced nose and detailed shading on his facial features. His hair is styled in a classic manner and tied back with a ribbon. He is dressed in formal attire from the 18th-century, complete with a high collar or cravat. Below the portrait, there is a trumpet, foliage resembling a laurel branch, and a partially unrolled scroll with text. The background features a textured dark surface with a patterned frame and decorative leafy motif above the circular frame against an engraved sky with light clouds.
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Comte de Buffon

Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736 - 1807)

artist after Piat Joseph Sauvage (Flemish, 1744 - 1818)

1798

Medium
engraving over etching on laid paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
plate: 22.1 x 14.8 cm (8 11/16 x 5 13/16 in.) ; sheet: 32.5 x 25.1 cm (12 13/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Gift of John O'Brien
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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