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A well-dressed fair-skinned woman and man with a small child between them sit in a wooded landscape.

The woman wears a flowing satin dress with V-shaped neckline, pearls, her hair is up. Her body turned to the viewer while looking at the man who’s facing her from a reclining position, we see top of his wavy hair, his right arm circles above, pointing towards the woman in a circular motion. Child in center crawls over the father’s shoulder toward the mother. Two nude toddlers in the upper left corner play with a goat-like animal in the shadows. Ivy trickles down on the left, tall leafy trees frame the scene.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.120.11
People
Pierre Alexandre Aveline, French (Paris, France 1702 - 1760 Paris, France)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Title
The Family
Other Titles
Original Language Title: La famille / Familia
Series/Book Title: Recueil Jullienne
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359068

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
sheet: 62.5 × 47 cm (24 5/8 × 18 1/2 in.)
plate: 43 × 29.5 cm (16 15/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left: A Watteau pinxit
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, right: P. Aveline Sculp.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left and right: LA FAMILLE / Gravée d'Aprés le tableau original peint par / Watteau de la même grandeur de l'estempe. // FAMILIA / Scalpta juxtà Exemplar ejusdem magnitudinis / a Watteavo depictum.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. Titon du Tillet / a Paris avec privilege du Roy.

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/iii
Standard Reference Number
Dacier & Vuaflart 86

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.120.11
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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