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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.120.34
People
Benoît Audran the Younger, French (Paris 1700 - 1772 Paris)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Title
Pastoral Amusements
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Amusements champêtres / Ruris Delicæ
Series/Book Title: Recueil Jullienne
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359091

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 47 × 62.5 cm (18 1/2 × 24 5/8 in.)
plate: 36 × 46.7 cm (14 3/16 × 18 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left: Watteau pinxit
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, right: B. Audran sculp.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left and right: AMUSEMENTS CHAMPÊTRES / Gravée d'apres le Tableau originale Peint par Watteau, / de mesme grandeur // RURIS DELICAE / Scaptae juxtà Exemplar Ejusdem magnitudinis / à Watteavo Depictum.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: du Cabinet de Mr. dejullienne / a Paris chez F. Chereau graveur du Roy ruë St.Jacques aux deux pilliers d'Or.
  • inscription: in plate, lower left corner: Avec privilége 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
iv/v
Standard Reference Number
Dacier & Vuaflart 126

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.120.34
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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