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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.119.34
People
Louis Crépy, French (c. 1680 - c. 1750)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Title
The Swing
Other Titles
Original Language Title: L'Escarpolette
Series/Book Title: Recueil Jullienne
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/358971

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 62.5 × 46.5 cm (24 5/8 × 18 5/16 in.)
plate: 50.9 × 31.7 cm (20 1/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower left below design: Wateau pinx.
  • inscription: in plate, lower right below design: L. Crepy filius Sculp.
  • inscription: in plate, centered and left and right below design: L'ESCARPOLETE. // Au Jeu d'Escarpolete, Acis voit sa Bergere / Prendre d'un air dispos, ses inocens Ebas: / Il l'Excite, il l'anime, il l'aide de ses Bras; / Trop content de la voir encore plus legere. // Pour dresser une Agnes a l'Effort qu'elle a pris, / Tel un Galant adroit met tout l'art en usage: / Mais bientôt il la trouve a son gré trop Polage; Du fruit de ses leçons, il n'est point d'autre prix.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: Chez Gersaint Marchand AParis Pont Nôtre Dame

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, Eaton Hall, Cheshire, by 1884, by descent, sold [through Christie's, London, July 15, 2015, lot 172]; to private collection, United Kingdom, sold [through C. G. Boerner LLC, New York], to; Harvard Art Museums, 2017

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/iv
Standard Reference Number
Dacier & Vuaflart 67

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.119.34
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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