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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.120.32
People
Jean Moyreau, French (1691 - 1762)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Title
The Bagpipe
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Recueil Jullienne
Original Language Title: La musette / Utriculus
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1726-1729
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359089

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 47 × 62.5 cm (18 1/2 × 24 5/8 in.)
plate: 40.3 × 53.5 cm (15 7/8 × 21 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left: A. Watteau pinxit
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, right: Moyreau Sculp
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left and right: LAMUSETTE. / Gravée d'Aprs le Tableau originale Peint par / Watteau, de mesme grandeur. // VTRICULUS. / Scalptus juxtà Exemplar Ejusdum magnitudinis / à Watteavo Depictum.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: du Cabinet de Mr. Stiemar. / a Paris chez F. Chereau graveur du Roy rüe St.Jacques aux deux pilliers d'Or 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
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
Dacier & Vuaflart 262

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.120.32
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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