2016.9: The House of Cards

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2016.9

People

François-Bernard Lépicié, French (Paris 1699-1755 Paris)
After Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French (Paris 1699 - 1779 Paris)

Title

The House of Cards

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Le Château de Cartes

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1743

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/354739

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching and engraving on cream antique laid paper

Technique

Etching and engraving

Dimensions

plate: 21.7 × 30.3 cm (8 9/16 × 11 15/16 in.)
sheet: 24.9 cm (9 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, left: J. N. Simeon Chardin pinxit
• inscription: in plate, right: Lépicié Sculpsit
• inscription: in plate, center, below image: LE CHÂTEAU DE CARTES / Aimable Enfant que le plaisir décide, / Nous badinons de vos frêles travaux: / Mais entre nous, quel est le plus solide. / De nos projets ou bien de vos châteaux. / A Paris la V.e de l. Chereau, rue S.t Jacques aus ches 2 . Pitiers d'or / Avec Privilege du Roi.
• inscription: verso, graphite, lower left: 878787

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Sylvie Collignon, Paris], sold; to [Hill-Stone, Inc., South Dartmouth, MA], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

IFF, vol. XIV, no. 64, pp. 405-6

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints

Accession Year

2016

Object Number

2016.9

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Mercure de France, September 1743, p. 2061 [related bibliography]

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