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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R4561
People
Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet, French (Abbeville 1731 - 1797 Abbeville)
After François Boucher, French (Paris 1703 - 1770 Paris)
Title
The Pleasures of Fishing
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Le plaisir de la pêche
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/240206

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Image: 45.1 × 34.8 cm (17 3/4 × 13 11/16 in.)
Plate: 50 × 37 cm (19 11/16 × 14 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 51 × 38 cm (20 1/16 × 14 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower center, in plate: LE PLAISIR DE LA PÊCHE,
  • inscription: lower right, in plate: Beauvarlet Direxit / Déposé a la Di
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: Boucher Pinxit 1 er pire du Roi / A Paris chez MArel Rue St. Julier No. 12 pres la Rue St. Jacque.

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
IFF, vol. II, no. 80, p. 245; LeBlanc 72

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R4561
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/05/2017 - 04/19/2017

Verification Level

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