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Object Type
print
Museum number
1847,0625.4
Title
Object:
Le plaisir de la danse
Series:
Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands de Le Brun
Description
Interior with couple dancing, and peasants sitting around them, on the left man playing bagpipes; proof before letter; after Brakenburgh. 1773 Etching with some engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Jacques Philippe Le Bas
After:
Richard Brakenburgh
School/style
French
Dutch
Production date
1773
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
225 millimetres
Width:
259 millimetres
Curator's comments
From 'Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands de Le Brun', see 1870,0625.753 for comment. For an impression of lettered state see also 1851,0326.177.
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(107)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
peasant/villager
dance
Associated names
Associated with:
Jean Baptiste Pierre Le Brun
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Henry Harman
Purchased through:
Christie's
(25.vi.1847/20 with 10 miscellaneous prints)
Acquisition date
1847
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1847,0625.4