Berger dansant au son de la flute

ca. 1727

Antoine Watteau, Artist Louis Crépy, Artist Gersaint, Publisher

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Title Berger dansant au son de la flute

Artwork Date ca. 1727

Makers Antoine Watteau (Artist) French, 1684-1721 Louis Crépy (Artist) French, born 1680 Gersaint (Publisher) French

Medium Etching printed in black ink on laid paper

Dimensions Plate: 15 1/2 × 7 3/4 inches (39.4 × 19.7 cm)

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Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Founders Society Purchase, William C. Yawkey Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 36.35

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Inscriptions Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Wateau pin. Inscribed, lower center: Chez Gersaint Md. AParis pont Notre Dame. Inscribed, lower right: L. Crepy filius sculp. | 2

Marks Watermark: obscured by center of image Stamped, in brown, verso: J. Model (Lugt Suppl. 1488a)

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J. Model

1936-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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17th century

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