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Bound Print, CHARLES GILLOT DE LANGRES

This is a Bound print. It was designed by Antoine Watteau and Claude Gillot and published by Gabriel Huquier and print maker: Jean Aubert. It is dated ca. 1738 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: C.Gillot Pinx; Lettered lower right, in plate: J. Aubert Sculp.

It is inscribed

Printed lower center, in plate: CHARLES GILLOT / DE LANGRES / Peintre ord.re du Roy / en son Académie / de Peinture & Sculpture / AParis chez Huquier, rue St.Jacques au coin de la rue des Mathurins

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Bound Print, CHARLES GILLOT DE LANGRES; Designed by Antoine Watteau (French, 1684 – 1721), Claude Gillot (French, 1673 - 1722); Print Maker: Jean Aubert (1680–1741); Published by Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-224-1

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