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Object Type
print
Museum number
1838,0526.1.39
Title
Object:
L'Alliance de la Musique et de la Comédie
Series:
L'Oeuvre d'Antoine Watteau Peintre du Roy
Series:
Recueil Jullienne
Description
Allegory on the alliance of Music and Comedy: Erato on the left and Thalia on the right flanking a large coat of arms surmounted by a male head and surrounded by a circle of masks and musical instruments. 1730/31 Etching with some engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Jean Moyreau
After:
Antoine Watteau
Published by:
Edme François Gersaint
Published by:
Louis Surugue
School/style
French
Production date
1730-1731
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
458 millimetres
Width:
333 millimetres
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Curator's comments
Plate 39 from 'L'Oeuvre d'Antoine Watteau'; see 1838-5-26-1-1 for comment. Advertised in 'Mercure', in March 1730 and in June 1731, along with 17 other plates engraved after Watteau and published by Gersaint since 1729.
Bibliographic references
Dacier & Vuaflart 1921-29 / Jean de Jullienne et les graveurs de Watteau au XVIIIe siècle
(39)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical mythology
arts and sciences
classical deity
Associated names
Representation of:
Thalia
Representation of:
Erato
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
John Constable
(his sale, Foster's, London, 12.v.1838/497 (containing two Watteau volumes), bt by William Smith for £31.10.0)
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
John Barnard
Acquisition date
1838
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1838,0526.1.39