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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.119.80.2
People
Simon Henri Thomassin, French (1688 - 1740)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Title
"Flirts who would meet up with lovers..."
Other Titles
Title: Coquettes qui pour voir galans au rendez-vous
Series/Book Title: Recueil Jullienne
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1719
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359038

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 23.6 × 25.4 cm (9 5/16 × 10 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left: Peint par Watau
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, right: Gravé par H. S. Thomasin fils.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left and right: Coquettes qui pour vois galans au rendez-vous, / Voulez courir le bal, en dépit d'vn Epoux, / Si mienne êtiez, Dieu sçait si troublerois la danse. / Tout bien pesé, pourtant, crois malgré mon courroux, // Qu'en tel cas, ne ferois que ce qu'on fait en France. / D'abord, crierois un peu; puis, prendrois patience. / Enfin, clorrois les yeux, et les clorrois si bien, / Que cornes me viendroient, sans que j'en visse rien.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: Se vend a Paris chez Thomassin pere et fils, et chez Duchange graveurs 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
only state
Standard Reference Number
Dacier & Vuaflart 36

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.119.80.2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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