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Bound Print, LE BUVEUR, 1723-1735

This is a Bound print. It was designed by Antoine Watteau and production directed by Jean de Jullienne and print maker: Pierre-Alexandre Aveline 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: Aveline Sculp

It is inscribed

Printed lower center, in plate: LE BUVEUR / AParis chez Gersaint Md. sur le Pont Notre Dame Et chez Surugue Graveur du Roy rue des Noyers / Avec Privilége du Roy; Printed lower right, in plate: 2; Inscribed in graphite, lower left, in margin: Cat. Goncourt. No. 242; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 75

Cite this object as

Bound Print, LE BUVEUR, 1723-1735; 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: Pierre-Alexandre Aveline (French, 1702–1760); France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-224-94

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