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Bound Print, VIOSSEU ou Musicien Chinois
This is a Bound print. It was designed by Antoine Watteau and production directed by Jean de Jullienne and print maker: Michel-Guillaume Aubert and published by Louis Surugue and Marguerite Caillou Chéreau. It is dated 1731 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
Left Plate. Lettered lower left, in plate: A.Watteau pinxit; Lettered lower right, in plate: Aubert Sculp.; Right Plate. Lettered lower left, in plate: A Watteau pinxit; Lettered lower right, in plate: Aubert Sculp
It is inscribed
Left Plate: Lettered lower center, in plate: VIOSSEU ou Musicien Chinois / Tiré du Cabinet du Roy au Chateau de la Meute / a Paris avec Privilege Right Plate: Lettered lower center, in plate: Femme Chinoise de KOUEI TCHÉOU / Tiré du Cabinet du Roy au Chateau de la Meute / a Paris avec Privilege Inscribed in graphite, upper left, in margin: cat: Goncourt.No.227 228.; Inscribed in graphite, lower left, in margin: 62 Bis
Cite this object as
Bound Print, VIOSSEU ou Musicien Chinois; 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), Louis Surugue (French, 1686–1762); Print Maker: Michel-Guillaume Aubert (French, ca. 1700–1757); France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-224-78
