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Bound Print, LA BALANCEUSE
This is a Bound print. It was designed by Antoine Watteau and production directed by Jean de Jullienne and print maker: Jacques-Philippe Le Bas and published by Louis Surugue and Edmé-François Gersaint. It is dated 1723-1735 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
It is signed
Lettered lower left, in plate: Watteau Pinxit; Lettered lower right, in plate: Le Bas Sculp
It is inscribed
Printed lower center, in plate: LA BALANCEUSE / a Paris chez Gersaint Md. pont N.D. Et chez Surugue graveur du Roy Rüe des Noyers Avec Privilege du Roy.; Printed lower right, in plate: 2.; Inscribed in graphite, center left, in margin: Goncourt. No. 200.; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 94
Cite this object as
Bound Print, LA BALANCEUSE; Designed by Antoine Watteau (French, 1684 – 1721); Production directed by Jean de Jullienne (French, 1686–1766); Published by Edmé-François Gersaint (French, 1694 – 1750), Louis Surugue (French, 1686–1762); Print Maker: Jacques-Philippe Le Bas (French, 1707–83); France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-224-115