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Object Type
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
Production date: 1736-1738
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 322 millimetres; Width: 364 millimetres
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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
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Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1929
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1929,0608.11

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