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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.119.11.3
People
Louis Crépy, French (c. 1680 - c. 1750)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Title
Shepherd Playing a Flute, next to a Shepherdess
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Berger jouant de la flute, pres d'une bergere
Series/Book Title: Paravent de six feuilles, plate 1
Series/Book Title: Recueil Jullienne
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/358918

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
plate: 39.1 × 19.5 cm (15 3/8 × 7 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower left: Wateau pin.
  • inscription: in plate, lower right: L. Crepy filius Sculp.
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: PARAVENT DE SIX FEUILLES
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: chez Gersaint md. AParis pont Notre Dame
  • incipit: in brown ink, lower left corner: avec Privilege du Roy.
  • inscription: in plate, lower right corner: 1

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
prior to the first state, lacking Surugue's address
Standard Reference Number
Dacier & Vuaflart 158

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.119.11.3
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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