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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.119.78.4
People
Louis Desplaces, French (Paris 1682 - 1739 Paris)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Title
Painting
Other Titles
Original Language Title: La peinture
Series/Book Title: Recueil Jullienne
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359034

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
plate: 24.5 × 17.3 cm (9 5/8 × 6 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left: Watteau Pinxit.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, right: Desplaces Sculp.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: LA PEINTURE. / Telle doit au Pinceau ce qu'elle à de renom, / Qui fait horreur à vois sans fard, & sous le linge: / Et pour peindre à son gré maint laide Guenon, Il faut être adroit comme un Singe.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: AParis chez Duchange Graveur du Roy rue St. jacques

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 168

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.119.78.4
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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