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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.310
People
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, French (Metz 1734 - 1781 Saint-Denis-du-Port)
Title
Hearing
Other Titles
Original Language Title: L'Ouïe
Series/Book Title: Les cinq sens (The Five Senses)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1774
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370283

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and aquatint on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Etching and aquatint
Dimensions
plate: 16.3 × 10.5 cm (6 7/16 × 4 1/8 in.)
sheet: 26.3 × 17 cm (10 3/8 × 6 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower left: Le Prince 1774
  • inscription: in plate, lower center, below image: L'Ouie

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[James Bergquist, Boston], sold; to Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, 1994, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
only state
Standard Reference Number
Hédou 111; IFF 177

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.310
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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