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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.120.54
People
Pierre Alexandre Aveline, French (Paris, France 1702 - 1760 Paris, France)
After Jean-Antoine Watteau, French (Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne)
Title
The Charms of Life
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Le charmes de la vie / Vitæ Illecebræ
Series/Book Title: Recueil Jullienne
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359111

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
sheet: 47 × 62.5 cm (18 1/2 × 24 5/8 in.)
plate: 37 × 48 cm (14 9/16 × 18 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left: A. Watteau pinxit
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, right: P. Aveline Sculp.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, left and right: LES CHARMES DE LA VIE. / Gravée d'Apres le Tabelau original peint par Watteau, haut de 2 / pieds sur 2. pieds 7. pouces de large. // VITAE ILLECEBRAE / Scalptae juxtà Exemplar à Watteavo depictum cujus altitudo pedes 2. / et latitudo pedes 2. cum 7 unicüs
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: du Cabinet de Mr. Glucq. / a Paris chez la Ve. de F. Chereau graveur du Roy rüe St.Jacques aux deux pilliers d'Or et chez Surugue graveur rüe des Noiers vis a vis le mur de St. Yves avec privilégé du Roy.

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
iii/iv
Standard Reference Number
Dacier & Vuaflart 183

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.120.54
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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