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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.120.43
People
Michel-Guillaume Aubert, French (Paris c. 1704 - 1757 Paris)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Title
Promenade on the Fortifications
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Promenade sur les remparts / In Munimenta Deambulatio
Series/Book Title: Recueil Jullienne
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359100

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
sheet: 52.2 × 62 cm (20 9/16 × 24 7/16 in.)
plate: 48.4 × 57.8 cm (19 1/16 × 22 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, : A. Watteau pinxit
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, right: Aubert Sculp
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left and right: PROMENADE SUR LES REMPARTS. / Gravée d'après le Tableau original peint par Watteau haut de 1. pied 5. pouces / sur 1. pied 9 pouces de large. // IN MUNIMENTA DE AMBULATIO. / Scalpta juxtà Exemplar à Watteavo depictum cujus altitudo 1. pedum cum / 5 uncüs et latitudo 1. pedem cum 9. continet.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: Du Cabinet de Mr. De Jullienne. / 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
only state
Standard Reference Number
Dacier & Vuaflart 113

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.120.43
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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