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Identification and Creation
Object Number
2017.120.18
People
Michel-Guillaume Aubert, French (Paris c. 1704 - 1757 Paris)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Title
The Hunting Party
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Rendez-vous de chasse / Dictus Venationi Locus
Series/Book Title: Recueil Jullienne
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359075
Physical Descriptions
Technique
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
sheet: 47 × 62.5 cm (18 1/2 × 24 5/8 in.)
plate: 40.4 × 53.9 cm (15 7/8 × 21 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left: A. Watteau pinxit.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, right: Aubert. Sculp.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left and right: RENDEZ-VOUS DE CHASSE. / Gravé d'Après le Tableau original Peint par Watteau haut de 4. pieds, / sur 6. de large. // DICTUS VENATIONI LOCUS. / Scalptus juxta Exemplar à Watteavo depictum cujus altitudo 4 pedes, / latitudo 6 oequat.
  • inscription: in plate lower margin, centered: Ce tableau est dans le Cabinet de Mr.Racine du Jongnoy / a Paris avec privilégé du Roy.
Provenance
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/ii
Standard Reference Number
Dacier & Vuaflart 213
Acquisition and Rights
Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.120.18
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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