Chao niéne, a Young Chinese Girl

Identification and Creation

Object Number: R15203
People: François Boucher, French (Paris 1703 - 1770 Paris)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Title: Chao niéne, a Young Chinese Girl
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Chao niéne, ou, Jeune Chinois
Series/Book Title: Diverses Figures Chinoises Peintes Par Watteau...
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1731
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/239780

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

Image: 19 × 14.3 cm (7 1/2 × 5 5/8 in.)
Plate: 21.5 × 15.7 cm (8 7/16 × 6 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 32.7 × 23.1 cm (12 7/8 × 9 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: Boucher Sculp

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: IFF, vol. III, no. 132 (8), p. 285; Bau. 165, D.-V. 241, J.-R.171

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number: R15203
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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