Details
| Artist | Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet, French, 1731-1797 |
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| Designer | after François Boucher, French, 1703-1770 |
| Printer | Robbe, French |
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| Date | ca. 1766 |
| Medium | engraving and etching printed in black ink on laid paper |
| Dimensions | Plate: 17 1/8 × 13 inches (43.5 × 33 cm) Sheet: 17 3/8 × 13 1/8 inches (44.1 × 33.3 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps |
| Accession Number | 09.1S111 |
| Department | Prints, Drawings & Photographs |
| Not On View |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Inscriptions | Inscribed, in plate, above the dedication: LE DEPART DU COURIER Inscribed, in plate, lower margin: Dédié à Madame la Marqise de Montesquiou. Inscribed, below dedication: [a four line inscription in French, partially illegible] Inscribed, in plate, below image, lower left: Boucher Pinx. Inscribed, lower center: A Paris chez l'Auteur rue de Tournon près le Luxembourg. Inscribed, lower right: Beauvarlet Sculp. | Imprimé par Robbé Inscribed, in pencil, verso: [numeric notations] |
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Provenance
May 1885, (H. Wunderlich and Co., New York, New York, USA).
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Jean-Richard, Pierette. L'oeuvre gravé de François Boucher. Paris, 1978, no. 298.
