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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.120.57
People
Bernard Lépicié, French (1698 - 1755)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Title
Antoine de la Roque
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Recueil Jullienne
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359114

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
sheet: 47 × 62.5 cm (18 1/2 × 24 5/8 in.)
plate: 37.5 × 45.2 cm (14 3/4 × 17 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left: Watteau pincix.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, right: Lepicié Sculp.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: ANTOINE DE LA ROQUE / Ecuyer, Chevalier de l'ordre Royale et Militaire de St. Loius, gratifé par sa Majesté du Brevêt du Privilége du Mercure de France.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left and right: Victime du Dieu Mars; les Filles de Memoire, / Occupent à présent son coeur et son Esprit. // Il a combatu pour la Gloire, / Et c'est pour elle il écrit.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: AParis - / 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
iii/iii
Standard Reference Number
Dacier & Vuaflart 269

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.120.57
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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