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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.178
People
François Philippe Charpentier, French (1734 - 1817)
After Charles-André, called Carle Vanloo, French (Nice 1705 - 1765 Paris)
Title
Perseus and Andromeda
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Persée et Andromède
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1762
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/364006

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching, aquatint, and roulette on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching, aquatint and roulette
Dimensions
image: 34.4 × 47.8 cm (13 9/16 × 18 13/16 in.)
sheet: 41.2 × 51.5 cm (16 1/4 × 20 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: center: [unintelligible lettering]
  • inscription: lower center, below image in plate: Persée et Andromède / A Monsieur le Marquia de Marigny / Conseiler du Roi en ses Conseils, Commandeur de ses Ordres, Directeur et Ordonnateur General de ses Batîmens, Jardins, Arts, Academies et Manufactures Roialeau. / Tiré du Cabinet de Monsieur De La Live. Par son tres humble et très obéissant Serviteur Charpentier. / A Paris chez Charpentier graveur, rue Cos Georgeot, Bute St. Roch, chez. Mr. La Male Chirugien
  • stamp and inscription: verso, white sticker in lower left: B. 41
  • inscription: lower left, under image, in plate: C. Vanloo prim. Pictor Regius invenit.
  • inscription: lower right, under image in plate: F.P. Charpentier B. Sculpsit.

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. 3, p. 208

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2019
Object Number
2019.178
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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