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Object Type
Museum number: 1908,0414.27
Title: Object: Le Poëte Anacreon (The Poet Anakreon)
Description: In a landscape with round temple in the background, an old man, a lyre at his feet, is lying with a woman helping him to hold the goblet in which another woman is pouring wine; in an oval frame surmounted by a garland of fruits and flowers, and bas-relief with putti at the bottom. c.1791/92 Engraving and etching
Producer name: Print made by: Nicolas de Launay; After: Pierre Antoine Baudouin; Published by: Robert de Launay
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Production date: 1791-1792
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique: engraving; etching
Dimensions: Height: 302 millimetres; Width: 337 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: A pair to 1908-4-14-28; the inscription, which refers to its author by 'the late N. De Launay', dates from after the engraver's death (1792).
Bibliographic references: Bocher 1875 / Pierre Antoine Baudouin, le catalogue raisonné (38.IV); IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes (262)
Location: Not on display
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Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1908
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1908,0414.27

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