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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26273.8
People
Nicolas Henri Tardieu, French (Paris 1674 - 1749 Paris)
After Charles-Antoine Coypel, French (Paris 1694 - 1752 Paris)
Title
The Sacks of Fates
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Fables Nouvelles, by Antoine Houdar de la Motte, 1719
Original Language Title: Les Sacs des destinées; Livre Premier, Fable onziesme
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1719
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/51614

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching with letterpress title (cut from book)
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 8.1 x 10.4 cm (3 3/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: N. Tardieu scul.
  • inscription: plate margin, lower left and right, black ink, etching, signed, in artist's hand: attribution of composition, signature: C. A. Coypel filius in. N. Tardieu scul.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Pauline Lincoln
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
M26273.8
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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