The Cupid Seller | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: G259
People: Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet, French (Abbeville 1731 - 1797 Abbeville)
After Joseph-Marie Vien, the Elder, French (Montpellier 1716 - 1809 Paris)
Title: The Cupid Seller
Other Titles: Original Language Title: La marchande d'amours
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1778
Places: Creation Place: Europe, France, Paris
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/276044

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Engraving
Dimensions: Image: 36 × 46.5 cm (14 3/16 × 18 5/16 in.)
Plate: 41.3 × 48 cm (16 1/4 × 18 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 49 × 58.2 cm (19 5/16 × 22 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: IFF, vol. II, no. 88, p. 250; LeBlanc 28

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number: G259
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/19/2015 - 05/05/2016

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G259: The Cupid Seller