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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.120.59
People
Michel-Guillaume Aubert, French (Paris c. 1704 - 1757 Paris)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Title
Festival of the God Pan
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Fetes au dieu Pan / Dies Panos Festi
Series/Book Title: Recueil Jullienne
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359116

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
sheet: 47 × 62.5 cm (18 1/2 × 24 5/8 in.)
plate: 40.7 × 48.8 cm (16 × 19 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left: A. Watteau pinxit.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, right: M. Aubert Sculpsit
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left and right: FETES AU DIEU PAN / Gravées d'apres le Tableau original Peint par Watteau haut de / 2. pieds sur 2. pieds 6. pouces de large. // DIES PANOS FESTI. / Scalpti juxta Exemplar à Watteavo depictum altitudo. 2. pedem / et longitudo. 2 pedes cum 6. continet.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: Ce Tableau apartient à Mr. Morel / Banquier. / 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 226

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.120.59
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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