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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.119.77.1
People
Benoît Audran the Younger, French (Paris 1700 - 1772 Paris)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Title
The Meeting
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Le rendez-vous
Series/Book Title: Recueil Jullienne
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359029

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
plate: 24.2 × 18.8 cm (9 1/2 × 7 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left: B. Audran Sculp.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: LE RENDEZ VOUS
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left and right: Haec scalptura ejusdem est magnitudinis ac / Tabula inventa et Picta a Watteauo. // Gravée d'après le Tableau original peint / par Watteau, de même grandeur.

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/iv
Standard Reference Number
Dacier & Vuaflart 174

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.119.77.1
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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