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This and 42 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Designs with Putti after F. Boucher.

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1920

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2016

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Print, Three Putti

This is a Print. It was designed by François Boucher and published by Gabriel Huquier and print maker: Pierre-Alexandre Aveline. It is dated 1758–63 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on 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.

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left : F. Boucher inv.; lower center: Huquier ex. rue des Mathurins. C.P.R.; lower right: P. Aveline Sculp.

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate, upper right: 4; inscribed in graphite, lower right: 4; inscribed in graphite, lower right margin: 1921-6-247(4)

Cite this object as

Print, Three Putti; Designed by François Boucher (French, 1703–1770); Print Maker: Pierre-Alexandre Aveline (French, 1702–1760); Published by Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-247-4

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