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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.120.86
People
Nicolas Larmessin the Younger, French (Paris 1684 - 1755)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Title
The Village Wedding
Other Titles
Original Language Title: L'Accordée de Village / Pagi Sponsa
Series/Book Title: Recueil Jullienne
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359143

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
sheet: 62.6 × 89 cm (24 5/8 × 35 1/16 in.)
plate: 54.9 × 73.8 cm (21 5/8 × 29 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: A. Watteau pinx.
  • inscription: lower right, in plate: N. de Larmesin Sculp.
  • inscription: lower center, in plate: du Cabinet de M.r de Jullienne / a Paris chez la Veuve Chereau ruë S.t Jacques aux deux pilliers d'Or. A.P.D. R.
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: L'ACCORDÉE DE VILLAGE / Gravée d'Apres le Tableau original Peint par Watteau haut / de 2 pieds, large de 3.
  • inscription: lower right, in plate: PAGI SPONSA / Scalpta juxtà Exemplar a Watteavo Depictum cujus altitudo / 2. pedes, et latitudo 3. continet
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left: A. Watteau pinx.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, right: N. de Larmesin Sculp.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left and right: L'ACCORDÉE DE VILLAGE / Gravée d'Apres le Tableau original Peint par Watteau haut / de 2 pieds, large de 3. // PAGI SPONSA / Scapta juxtà Exemplar a Watteavo Depictum cujus altitudo / 2. pedes, et latitudo 3. continet.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: du Cabinet de Mr. de Jullienne / a Paris chez la Veuve Chereau ruë St.Jacques aux deux pilliers d'Or. A.P.D.R.

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 116

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.120.86
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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