About the Artwork
The Love Letter
18th century
François Boucher (Artist) French, 1703-1770 Gilles Demarteau (Artist) Flemish, 1722-1776
Engraving and roulette in color
Image: 7 1/4 × 10 1/2 inches (18.4 × 26.7 cm) Framed: 11 1/2 × 14 1/2 × 3/4 inches (29.2 × 36.8 × 1.9 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John N. Lord
59.302
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, lower right: Demarteau sculp. Inscribed, lower left: Boucher del. Inscribed, center bottom margin: A. Paris chez Demarteau Graveur Cloitre St. Benoit Inscribed, bottom right margin: no. 600
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. John N. Lord
1959-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Eighteenth-Century French Prints from Midwest Collections. Exh. cat., The Dayton Art Institute. Dayton, April 14-May 20, 1984, no. 22.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Gilles Demarteau; after François Boucher, The Love Letter, 18th century, engraving and roulette in color. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John N. Lord, 59.302.
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