2016.71: Side of the Inkwell of Monsieur the Count of Maurepas

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2016.71

People

Unidentified Artist
After Juste Aurèle Meissonnier, French (1695 - 1750)
Published by Gabriel Huquier, French (Orleans 1695 - 1772 Paris)

Title

Side of the Inkwell of Monsieur the Count of Maurepas

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Côté de l"Ecritoire de Monsieur le Comte de Maurepas
Series/Book Title: The Work of Juste Aurèle Meissonier
Original Language Title: Oeuvre de Juste Aurèle Meissonier

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1723-1735

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/349721

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 15.5 x 25.6 cm (6 1/8 x 10 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: J. A. Messonier inv.
• inscription: incsribed in plate, lower margin, left, center, right: J. A. Messonier inv. Côté de l'Ecritoire de Monsieur le Comte de Maurepas. Huquier rue St Jacques ex. C.P.R.
• watermark: illegible lettering
• inscription: inscribed in plate, upper corners, left and right: L 7-2.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Edith I. Welch, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Berlin (1939) 378

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edith I. Welch

Accession Year

2016

Object Number

2016.71

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2340 Cabinet Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/12/2015 - 11/05/2015
• 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/07/2022 - 05/01/2023

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