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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.120.49
People
Jean Michel Liotard, Swiss (Geneva, Switzerland 1702 - 1760 Geneva, Switzerland)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Title
The Conversation
Other Titles
Original Language Title: La conversation / Amicus Sermo
Series/Book Title: Recueil Jullienne
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
Swiss
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359106

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 47 × 62.6 cm (18 1/2 × 24 5/8 in.)
plate: 35.9 × 43.7 cm (14 1/8 × 17 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left: A. Watteau pinxit.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, right: M. Liotar Sculp.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left and right: LA CONVERSATION / Gravée d'après le Tableau original peint par Watteau haut d'un pied / 7. pouces sur 2.pieds de large. // AMICUS SERMO / Scalptus juxta Exemplar à Watteavo depictum, Cujus altitudo / 1. pedem cum 7. uncüs, latitudo 2. pedes 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
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
Dacier & Vuaflart 151

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.120.49
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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