Sujet
'George Louis Le Clerc, Comte De Buffon', 1774. Creator: Jacobus Houbraken.
Légende
'George Louis Le Clerc, Comte De Buffon', 1774. Portrait of French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte du Buffon (1707-1778). Buffon was the author of the encyclopedic 44-volume "Histoire Naturelle", in which he proposed that the Earth existed before 4004 BC, the then generally accepted date of its creation. His work was a precursor of the theory of evolution. The inscription states that he was in charge of the royal botanical gardens, and a member of: 'the Acedemie Francaise, the Royal Acedemy of Sciences, the Royal Society of London and of Edinburgh, the Royal Academy of Berlin, of St Petersburg etc'. [J H Schneider, 1774]
The Print Collector collection
Date
1774
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19D55_253
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
186,3Mo (11,6Mo) / 60,2cm x 77,5cm / 7113 x 9153 (300dpi)