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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.119.17.1
People
A. Claude Philippe de Thubières comte de Caylus, French (Paris 1692 - 1765 Paris)
retouched with burin by Pierre Alexandre Aveline, French (Paris, France 1702 - 1760 Paris, France)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Title
Venus Wounded by Cupid
Other Titles
Title: Venus blessé par l'amour
Series/Book Title: Recueil Jullienne
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/358930

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
plate: 31 × 37.5 cm (12 3/16 × 14 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, design area, lower left corner: Watteau In.
  • inscription: in plate, design area, lower right corner: C. Scul
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left: Watteau Invenit.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, right: retouché au burin par P. Aveline
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: VENUS BLESSÉE PAR L'AMOUR / PLAFOND GRAVÉ D'APRES L'ORIGINAL DE LA MÊME GRANDEUR, INVENTÉ ET DESSINÉ PAR A. WATTEAU.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: AParis chez Gersaint Md. Pont Notre Dame et chez Surugue Graveur rue des Noyers
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centeredAvec Privilege du Roy: 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
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
Dacier & Vuaflart 207

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.119.17.1
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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