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This and 11 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Book, Album of Prints: Book of Vases by François Boucher.

Object Timeline

1920

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Bound Print, Ornamental Vase Design

This is a Bound print. It was designed by François Boucher and published by Gabriel Huquier and print maker: A. Bouchet. It is dated ca. 1738 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching in red ink on cream laid paper. 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.

Its dimensions are

21.2 × 14.7 cm (8 3/8 × 5 13/16 in.)

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: F. Boucher inv.; Lettered in plate, lower center: Huquier ex. rue St. Jacques. CP.R.; Lettered in plate, lower right: A. Bouchet. sc.

It is inscribed

Printed in plate, upper right: 11

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Ornamental Vase Design; Designed by François Boucher (French, 1703–1770); Print Maker: A. Bouchet (French, active ca. 1730-1740); Published by Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772); France; etching in red ink on cream laid paper; 21.2 × 14.7 cm (8 3/8 × 5 13/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-245-11

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