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Object Type
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
Production date: 1730-1731
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 458 millimetres; Width: 333 millimetres
$Inscriptions
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
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical mythology; arts and sciences; classical deity
Associated names: Representation of: Thalia; Representation of: Erato
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1838
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1838,0526.1.39

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