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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.119.79.1
People
Louis Surugue, French (Paris 1686 - 1762 Paris)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Title
Harlequin, Pierrot, and Scapin
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Arlequin, Pierrot et Scapin
Series/Book Title: Recueil Jullienne
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1719
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359035

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
plate: 23.2 × 25.2 cm (9 1/8 × 9 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left: Wateaux pinxit
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, right: L. Surugue Sculp. 1719
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left and right: Arlequin, Pierrot et Scapin / En dançant one l'Ame rauie, / Pendant que le fourbe Crespin / En conte à la jeune siluie // Ce que t'offre ici le pinceau, / Quoique pris de la Comedie / N'est que trop souvent le tableau / De ce qui se passe en la vie.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: Se vent a Paris chez Sirois sur le Quay Neuf aux Armes de France. A. P. R.

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/iii
Standard Reference Number
Dacier & Vuaflart 97

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.119.79.1
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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