2019.173: The Graces

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2019.173

People

François Philippe Charpentier, French (1734 - 1817)
After François Boucher, French (Paris 1703 - 1770 Paris)

Title

The Graces

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Les Graces

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1766

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/363995

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching and aquatint on off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching and aquatint

Dimensions

image: 28 × 20 cm (11 × 7 7/8 in.)
plate: 31.1 × 21.5 cm (12 1/4 × 8 7/16 in.)
sheet: 33.4 × 22.6 cm (13 1/8 × 8 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower left, in image: Franciscus Boucher Primus Pictor Regius invenit.
• inscription: below image, center, in plate: Les Graces / A Paris chez Basan
• watermark: center of sheet: [illegible letters]
• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite : Charpentier (F.P) / ne a Blois en 173[?]9 / Les graces d'apres Boucher (L.B.3)
• inscription: lower right, in image: Franciscus Philippus Bleseus Sculpsi

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2019

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

IFF vol. iv, no. 35, p. 211; LeBlanc 3

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints

Accession Year

2019

Object Number

2019.173

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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