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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.18
People
Unidentified Artist
Published by Aaron Martinet, French (1762 - 1841)
Title
The Nonsense Seller
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Le Marchand de Ridicules
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1814
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379124

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hand-colored etching on off white laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
image: 20.8 × 18.7 cm (8 3/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
sheet: 26.4 × 21.1 cm (10 3/8 × 8 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: horn with grapes
  • inscription: lower left: A Paris, chez Martinet Libraire, Rue du Coq. St. Honoré
  • inscription: lower right:

    Deposé à la Direction gén.ale
  • monogram: lower right, directly below composition: "JF" intertwined
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: pco-1491
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: EP.26
  • inscription: lower right, graphite, erased: 1832

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Peter Cornellisen, Pictura Antique Prints, Overasselt, The Netherlands], sold; [through eBay.com] to Dominique H. Vasseur, Oberlin, Ohio, 2019, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
De Vinck 9311

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dominique H. Vasseur with admiration and in honor of Marjorie B. Cohn
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.18
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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