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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.119.28
People
Bernard Baron (Paris 1700 - 1762 London)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Title
Perfect Harmony
Other Titles
Original Language Title: L'Accord parfait
Series/Book Title: Recueil Jullienne
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/358965

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
sheet: 62.5 × 46.5 cm (24 5/8 × 18 5/16 in.)
plate: 39 × 30 cm (15 3/8 × 11 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left: A. Watteau pinxit.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, right: Baron Sculp.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: L'ACCORD PARFAIT. / Gravé d'Apres le Tableau original Peint par Watteau, de même grandeur. / MAGNA INTER MOLLES CONCORDIA. / Scalpta juxtà Exemplar ejusdem magnistudinis à Watteavo Depictum. / a Paris chez la V. Chereau rüe St. Jacques aux deux pilliers d'or, et chez Surugue graveur rüe des Noyers via a vis St. Yves.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left and right: Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. de Jullienne. / 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
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
Dacier & Vuaflart 23

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.119.28
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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