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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.120.68
People
Philippe Mercier (1689 - 1760)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Title
Love Lesson
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Recueil Jullienne
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359125

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 46.7 × 60.5 cm (18 3/8 × 23 13/16 in.)
plate: 46.4 × 59.6 cm (18 1/4 × 23 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left: Vatteau pinxit.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, right: - P. M. del. et Sculp.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: Illustri, ac nobili Viro, Comiti de Cailus, & & &. / Belli, pacisque Artium cultori dignifissimo: dextrâ, Militiâ praeclarâ, eâdem domi in otio minime otiosâ, Artisque Pictoriae. / et Chalcographiae Aptissimâ; Viro Splendide conspicuo: Hanc Tabulam ex animo dicat. P. M.

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
prior to the only state
Standard Reference Number
Dacier & Vuaflart 263a

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.120.68
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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