Bound Print, L'ESCARPOLETE

This is a Bound print. It was designed by Antoine Watteau and published by Edmé-François Gersaint and production directed by Jean de Jullienne and print maker: Louis Crépy. 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: Wateau pinx.; Lettered lower right, in plate: L. Crepy filius Sculp.

It is inscribed

Printed lower center, in plate: L'ESCARPOLETE.; Printed lower left, in plate: Au Feu dEscarpolete , Avis voit sa Bergere / Prendre d'un air dispos, ses innocens Etas : / Il l'Excite , il l;anime, il l'aide de ses Bras ; / Trop content de la voir encore plus legere.; Printed lower right, in plate: Pour dresser une Agnes a l'Effort qu'elle a pris , / Cel un Galant adroit met tout l'art en usage : / Mais bientôt il la trouve a son gré trop Volage ; / Du fruit de ses leçons, il n'est point d'autre prix . ; Printed lower center, in plate: Chez Gersaint Marchand AParis Pont Nôtre Dame; Inscribed in graphite, lower left, in margin: Cat. Goncourt No.273; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 80

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