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Object Type
Museum number: 1838,0526.1.32
Title: Object: Le Chat malade; Series: L'Oeuvre d'Antoine Watteau Peintre du Roy; Series: Recueil Jullienne
Description: Woman crazed with anxiety showing her cat to a doctor; the pet is struggling as the doctor tries to feel its pulse. 1731 Etching
Producer name: Print made by: Jean Étienne Liotard; After: Antoine Watteau; Published by: La veuve Chéreau
School/style: French; Swiss
Production date: 1731
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 380 millimetres; Width: 278 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Plate 32 from 'L'Oeuvre d'Antoine Watteau'; see 1838-5-26-1-1 for comment. Advertised in 'Mercure', September 1731.
Bibliographic references: Dacier & Vuaflart 1921-29 / Jean de Jullienne et les graveurs de Watteau au XVIIIe siècle (32); Humbert & Revilliod 1897 / Le Vie et les Oeuvres de Jean Etienne Liotard (4)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: medicine/health; humour
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1838
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1838,0526.1.32

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