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Bound Print, LES JARDINS DE CYTHERE

This is a Bound print. It was designed by Antoine Watteau and production directed by Jean de Jullienne and print maker: Gabriel Huquier and published by Gabriel Huquier and Marguerite Caillou Chéreau. 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: A.Watteau Inv.; Lettered lower right, in plate: Huquier Sculp

It is inscribed

Printed lower center, in plate: LES JARDINS DE CYTHERE / AParis chez la veuve de F. Chereau rue St.Jaques aux deux Pillier d'Or et chez Huquier vis a vis la grille du grand Chatelet aux Armes d'Angleterre. / Avec Privillege du Roi.; Inscribed in graphite, upper left, in margin: Cat: Goncourt No. 304.; Inscribed in graphite, lower left, in margin: 52.

Cite this object as

Bound Print, LES JARDINS DE CYTHERE; Designed by Antoine Watteau (French, 1684 – 1721); Production directed by Jean de Jullienne (French, 1686–1766); Published by Marguerite Caillou Chéreau (French, active 1729–1755), Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772); France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-224-67

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