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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1891,1013.53
Title
Object:
La Pourvoyeuse
(The Supplier)
Description
A woman standing in a kitchen, her right hand on large loaves of bread piled up on a kitchen dresser, and the other hand carrying a leg of mutton wrapped in a cloth; after Chardin. 1742 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Bernard Lépicié
After:
Jean Siméon Chardin
Published by:
Bernard Lépicié
Published by:
Louis Surugue
School/style
French
Production date
1742
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
375 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
259 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
After a painting by Chardin, 1739, now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Bibliographic references
Bocher 1876 / Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin: catalogue raisonné
(45.A)
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(61.II)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
2017-18 Sept-Jan, BM, G90, The Business of Prints
Subjects
kitchen
interior
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
William Walker
Acquisition date
1891
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1891,1013.53