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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2017.177
People
Jacques Francois Blondel, French (Rouen 1705 - 1774 Paris)
After Salley, French
Title
View of the Ball at the Hôtel de Ville
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Description de festes données par la ville de Paris, A l'occasion du Mariage de Madame Louise-Elizabeth de France, & Dom Philippe, Infant & Grand Admiral d'Espagne, Le vingt-neuviéme & trentiéme Aout mil sept cent trent-neuf, plate XIII
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1740
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/359184

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
plate: 50.9 × 83 cm (20 1/16 × 32 11/16 in.)
sheet: 62.1 × 88.5 cm (24 7/16 × 34 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower left: Inventé par Salley
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: COUPE DU BATIMENT DE L'HÔTEL DE VILLE VEU EN PERSPECTIVE SUR SA LONGUEUR OU SONT RÉPRÉSENTÉES LES DÉCORATIONS ET / ILLUMINATIONS DE LA COUR ET DES SALLES OU S'EST DONNÉ LE BAL LA NUIT DU XXX AU XXXI AOUST MDCCXXXIX / Cette Feste donnée par la Ville de Paris a l'occasion du Mariage de Madame Louise Elizabeth de France et de Dom Philippe Infani d'Espagne
  • inscription: in plate, lower right: dessiné et gravé par J. F. Blondel.
  • inscription: in plate, upper right: Planche XIII

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Susan Schulman Printseller, New York], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2017

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
IFF, vol. III, cat. no. 36, p. 52.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2017
Object Number
2017.177
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Two sheets joined

Verification Level

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