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Object Type
Museum number: 1925,1117.3
Title: Object: L'Amour (Love)
Description: Cupid standing, an arrow in his hand, in a garden of roses with two doves flying above him; within oval. 1777 Colour aquatint and etching
Producer name: Print made by: Jean François Janinet; After: Jean Honoré Fragonard; Published by: Jean François Janinet; Published by: Le Père & Avaulez; Printed by: Pierre Blin
School/style
Production date: 1777
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique: aquatint; colour; etching
Dimensions: Height: 297 millimetres; Width: 211 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: A pair to 'La folie': 1925,1117.2; first advertised in the Journal de Paris, 24 November 1777.
Bibliographic references: Portalis & Beraldi 1880-82 / Les Graveurs du Dix-Huitième Siècle (25); IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes (33.II)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: love (allegorical); classical deity
Associated names
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1925
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1925,1117.3

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