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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.119.68.1
People
Charles Nicolas Cochin l’ainé, French (Paris 1688 - 1754 Paris)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Title
"Beauty, don't listen to anything, Harlequin is a traitor..."
Other Titles
Title: "Belle n'ecoutez rien, Arlequin est un traitre..."
Series/Book Title: Recueil Jullienne
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359014

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
plate: 23 × 27.3 cm (9 1/16 × 10 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left: Wattaux pinx.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, right: Cochin Sculp.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left and right: Belle n'ecoutez rien, Arlequin est un traitre, / Il est fourbe, étourdi, fanfaron et gourmand, // En changeant son ajustement / On en feroit un petit Maître.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: A Paris chez Sirois sur le Quay Neuf aux Armes de France.

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 82

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.119.68.1
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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