Bound Print, Self-Portrait of Antoine Watteau

This is a Bound print. It was designed by Antoine Watteau and print maker: François Boucher and production directed by Jean de Jullienne and published by Gabriel Huquier. It is dated 1727 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching. 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: Watteau pinx.; Lettered lower right, in plate: Boucher Sculp.; Etched lower left center, in plate, on portfolio: Watteau [...] boucher

It is inscribed

Printed lower center, in plate: Watteau, par la Nature, orné dheureux talents / Fut tres reconnoissant des dons, qu'il reçut d'elle: / Jamais une autre main ne la peignit plus belle, / Et ne la sçut montrer sous des traits si galants. C. Moraine.; Printed lower center, in plate: A Paris chez Huquier rue S. Jacques aux armes d'Angleterre au coin de la rue des Mathurins Avec Privilege du Roy.; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 2.

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