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Object Type
print
Museum number
1929,0608.11
Title
Object:
Le Magnifique
Series:
Suite d'estampes Nouvelles pour les Contes de La Fontaine
Description
In an interior, a young man courting a young woman, while her husband, sitting on the right in dressing gown and nightcap, is watching them. c.1736/38 Etching and engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Nicolas de Larmessin III
After:
François Boucher
Published by:
Nicolas de Larmessin III
School/style
French
Production date
1736-1738
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
322 millimetres
Width:
364 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
From 'Suites d'Estampes Nouvelles pour les Contes de La Fontaine', see 1873,0712.281 for comment.
Bibliographic references
Jean-Richard 1978 / L'Oeuvre gravé de François Boucher dans la collection Edmond de Rothschild
(1253)
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(83)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
domestic building
interior
french costume 18thc
married life
Associated names
Illustration to:
Jean de La Fontaine
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Tales of Jean de la Fontaine, IV, 14
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Sir Otto Beit
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Julius Model
((sale Boerner 13/5.v.1929/149, M 100))
Acquisition date
1929
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1929,0608.11