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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.120.61
People
Nicolas Larmessin the Younger, French (Paris 1684 - 1755)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Title
Louis XIV Awarding the Blue Ribbon of the Order of the Holy Spirit to the Duke of Burgundy, Father of Louis XV, the Reigning King of France
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Louis XIII metant le Cordon Bleu a Monsieur de Bourgone...
Series/Book Title: Recueil Jullienne
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359118

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
sheet: 47 × 62.5 cm (18 1/2 × 24 5/8 in.)
plate: 37 × 46.5 cm (14 9/16 × 18 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left: A. Watteau pinxit
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, right: N. de Larmessin Sculp.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left and right: LOUIS XIIII METANT LE CORDON BLEU A MONSIEUR DE / BOURGOGNE PERE DE LOUIS XV, ROY DE FRANCE REGNANT. / Gravée d'Aprés le tableau original Peint par Watteau, haut de 2. pieds / 8. pouces sur 1 pied 10. pouces le large. // LUDOVICI XV. REGNATIS PATREM, BURGUNDIORUM DUCEM / DEBITO STE. SPIRITUS ORDINE DONAT LUDOVICUS XIIII. / Scalptus juxtà Exemplar à Watteavo Depictum altitudo 2. pedem / cum 8. uncüs, et latitudo 1. pedes cum 10. continet.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: Tiré 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
iv/iv
Standard Reference Number
Dacier & Vuaflart 227

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.120.61
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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