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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.120.42
People
Attributed to Simon François Ravenet, the Elder, French (1706 - 1774)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Title
The Country Ball
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Le bal champestre
Series/Book Title: Recueil Jullienne
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359099

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
sheet: 63.5 × 89.8 cm (25 × 35 3/8 in.)
plate: 47 × 55.4 cm (18 1/2 × 21 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left: Watteau pinxit.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: LE BAL CHAMPESTRE
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left and right: En ce bal, aimable Jeunesse, / Ce n'est point le hazard qui vous joint deux à deux: / Ce doux assortiment est fait par la tendresse; / Je le reconnois bien à vos yeux amoureux // Et je suis seur qu'à la sourdine, / Ce soir dans les détours de la fòrest voisine, / L'Amour prendra le soin d'ordonner entres vous / Un bal moins éclant mais qui sera plus doux.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered, the second line offset to the left: Grave d'aprez le Tableau original peint par Watteau de la meme grandeur. / A Paris chez les Sieurs Vanheck

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/iv
Standard Reference Number
Dacier & Vuaflart 311

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.120.42
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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