2006.312: Critique of the School of Women

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

Permissions

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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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