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La mauvais nouvelle
between 1745 and 1807
Caspar Netscher (Artist) Dutch, ca. between 1636 and 1639 - 1684 François Nicolas Barthel Dequevauviller (Artist) French, 1745-1807
Etching and engraving printed in black ink on wove paper
Image (no visible plate mark): 11 × 9 3/8 inches (27.9 × 23.8 cm) Sheet: 18 1/4 × 14 inches (46.4 × 35.6 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S359
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, below image, center lower margin: LA MAUVAISE NOUVELLE. Inscribed, lower left: Peint par Netscher le père. Inscribed, lower center: Dessine par Gianni. Inscribed, lower right: Gravé par Dequevauvilliers. Inscribed, in ink, lower edge of sheet: No 359. Bad News. - By - Francois Dequevauviller.
Provenance
October 1886, C.A. Henriques sale. Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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François Nicolas Barthel Dequevauviller; after Caspar Netscher, La mauvais nouvelle, between 1745 and 1807, etching and engraving printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S359.
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