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Object Type
print
Museum number
1873,0712.289
Title
Object:
La chasse
Description
Young man and two young women hiding behind the bushes, beside the statue of two putti, and waiting as at left, some birds are gathering under the trap they have set Etching and engraving
Producer name
After:
François Boucher
Print made by:
Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet
Published by:
Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet
School/style
French
Production date
1766-1797
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
508 millimetres
Width:
370 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
A pair to 'La Pêche' (see 19th century impression, 1875,0710.410). Engraved after a painting executed in 1766.
Bibliographic references
Jean-Richard 1978 / L'Oeuvre gravé de François Boucher dans la collection Edmond de Rothschild
(292)
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(80)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
hunting/shooting
Associated names
Associated with:
Jean Antoine Vassal de Saint-Hubert
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Emil Geller
Acquisition date
1873
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1873,0712.289