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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.119
People
Charles-Melchior Descourtis, French (Paris, France 1753 - 1820 Paris, France)
After Jean Frédéric Schall, French (Strasbourg 1752 - 1825 Paris)
Title
The Lover Surprised
Other Titles
Original Language Title: L’amant surpris
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1798
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/356200

Location

Location
Level 2, Room 2220, European and American Art, 17th–19th century, Rococo and Neoclassicism in the Eighteenth Century
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Wash manner, printed in blue, red, yellow, and black inks on moderately thick white wove paper
Technique
Wash manner
Dimensions
image: 46 × 37 cm (18 1/8 × 14 9/16 in.)
plate: 55.5 × 42.9 cm (21 7/8 × 16 7/8 in.)
sheet: 56.5 × 44 cm (22 1/4 × 17 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower left, below image: Schall pinx.
  • inscription: lower right, below image, in plate: Descourtis sculp.
  • inscription: lower center, below image, in plate: L'Amant Surpris / Paris chez Descourtis, Rue de Grands Dégrés No. 12.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Paris Print Market], sold; to [Nicolaas Teeuwisse OHG, Berlin, 2014], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Le Blanc 3; Portalis-Beraldi 3; IFF, vol. VII, cat. no. 16, p. 65

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.119
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, 09/16/2024 - 01/27/2025

Verification Level

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