LEMONNIER, Anicet-Charles-Gabriel
(b. 1743, Rouen, d. 1824, Paris)

In the Salon of Madame Geoffrin in 1755

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Oil on canvas, 36 x 52 cm
Private collection

This is an autograph replica of reduced scale of the original in the Château du Malmaison, Rueil. The event depicted is a reading of Voltaire's L'Orphelin de la Chine (a tragedy about Ghengis Khan and his sons) that was first produced in 1755.