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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.312
People
Étienne Fessard, French (France 1714 - 1777 France)
Laurent Cars, French (Lyon 1699 - 1771 Paris)
After François Boucher, French (Paris 1703 - 1770 Paris)
Title
Critique of the School of Women
Other Titles
Original Language Title: La Critique de l'Ecole des Femmes
Series/Book Title: Molière, La Critique de l’École des femmes
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1749
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/318173

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Image: 10.5 × 5.9 cm (4 1/8 × 2 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 12.4 × 6.9 cm (4 7/8 × 2 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: u.r., brown ink: 10
  • inscription: l.l., printed: F. Boucher inv. del.
  • inscription: l.r., printed: Et. Fessard Sculp
  • inscription: lower margin, printed: LA CRITIQUE DE L'ECOLE DES FEMMES.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
IFF, vol. IX, no. 262, p. 55

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
Accession Year
2006
Object Number
2006.312
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
Boucher created a set of drawn illustrations to Moliere's works in 1734-35, which were soon engraved and published by Fessard and Cars in Oeuvres de Moliere, reaching a broad audience. La Critique de l'Ecole des Femmes is the title of one of Moliere's comedies, written in 1663. Boucher's illustrations place Moliere's characters in contemporary Parisian settings.

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