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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.172.5
People
A. J. de Fehrt, Danish (Herning, Denmark 1723 - 1774 Copenhagen, Denmark)
After Juste-Nathan Boucher, French (Paris 1736 - 1782 Paris)
Author: Denis Diderot, French (Langres, France 1713 - 1784 Paris, France)
Title
Seal Engraving
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Gravure en Cachet
Series/Book Title: Gravure en Cachets, plate 2
Series/Book Title: Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, Volume 5
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1767
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/358495

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 39.5 × 25.3 cm (15 9/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: Gravure en Cachet.
  • inscription: in plate, upper right: Pl. II.
  • inscription: in plate, lower left: Boucher del.
  • inscription: in plate, lower right: Defehrt Sculp.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Henry Sotheran Limited, London], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2017

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.172.5
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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