The Acrobat | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M3610
People: Gabriel Huquier, French (Orleans 1695 - 1772 Paris)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Title: The Acrobat
Other Titles: Original Language Title: La voltigeuse
Series/Book Title: Recueil Jullienne
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1735
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/265876

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Etching on cream antique laid paper
Technique: Etching
Dimensions: sheet: 64 × 47.2 cm (25 3/16 × 18 9/16 in.)
plate: 58.8 × 39.7 cm (23 1/8 × 15 5/8 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: ii-iii/iii
Standard Reference Number: LeBlanc 970; Dacier and Vuaflart 40; IFF vol. XI, cat. no. 1714, p. 524

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer
Accession Year: 1929
Object Number: M3610
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Anne Leonard, Arabesque, exh. cat., Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (Williamstown, MA, 2019), p. 8, cat. 17, fig. 2

Exhibition History

32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/13/2016 - 01/05/2017
Arabesque, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, 12/14/2019 - 03/22/2020

Verification Level

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M3610: The Acrobat