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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.120.77
People
Simon François Ravenet, the Elder, French (1706 - 1774)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Title
Departure of the Garrison
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Depart de garnison / Ex Urbe Militum Exitus
Series/Book Title: Recueil Jullienne
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359134

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
sheet: 89.8 × 62.6 cm (35 3/8 × 24 5/8 in.)
plate: 47.1 × 57 cm (18 9/16 × 22 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription:
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, right: Ravenet Sculp
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: AParis chez GersaintMd. Pont N.D. et chez Surugue Graveur du Roy ruë des Noyers.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left and right: DEPART DE GARNISON. / Gravé d'aprés le Tableau Original peint par WATTEAU / De la mesme Grandeur. // EX URBE MILITUM EXITUS. / Scalptus juxta Exemplar a WATTEAVO depictum, Ejusdem Magnitudinis.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: 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 276

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.120.77
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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