Near the portrait bust of playwright Jean Baptiste Racine sits a muse, receiving Apollo's lyre. Between them stands Sense, pointing to her head. Fame approaches with a laurel wreath. In the foreground, putti play with theatrical props. Title page for the collected works of Jean Baptiste Racine, Portrait of Jean Baptiste Racine with a muse and Apollo Title page for: Jean Baptiste Racine, Oeuvres, 1743, print maker: Pieter Tanjé, (mentioned on object), Louis Fabritius Dubourg, (mentioned on object), publisher: Jean Frederic Bernard, Amsterdam, 1743, paper, etching, engraving, h 143 mm × w 85 mm

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