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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.119.2.2
People
Louis Crépy, French (c. 1680 - c. 1750)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Title
Antoine Watteau
Other Titles
Title: A. Wateau, avec un air-aise
Series/Book Title: Recueil Jullienne
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/358860

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 21.2 × 14.9 cm (8 3/8 × 5 7/8 in.)
plate: 20.2 × 14 cm (7 15/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left: Ipse se pinxit
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, right: L. Crépy filius Sculp
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: A. WATEAU / Avec une air-aisé, si vif, Et si nouveau, / Wateau dans ce quil peint, montre tant de genie: / Que les moindres sujets de son heureux pinceau / Des Graces, des Amours, semblent tenir la vie. J. Verduc
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, lower left corner: a Paris chez Gersaint pont Nôtre Dame avec Privilege du Roy

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, Eaton Hall, Cheshire, by 1884, by descent, sold [through Christie's, London, July 15, 2015, lot 172]; to private collection, United Kingdom, sold [through C. G. Boerner LLC, New York], to; Harvard Art Museums, 2017

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iii/iii
Standard Reference Number
Dacier & Vuaflart 33

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.119.2.2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
mounted in the unlettered center of TL41756.1.2

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Verification Level

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