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This and 3 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Jeux d'enfants.

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1920

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2016

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Print, FÊTE DE BACCUS

This is a Print. It was designed by François Boucher and published by Gabriel Huquier and print maker: Pierre-Alexandre Aveline. It is dated 1738 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: Boucher inv.; lettered lower center: AParis chez Huquier vis-à-vis le Grand Châtelet. C.P.R.

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, lower center: FÊTE DE BACCUS

Cite this object as

Print, FÊTE DE BACCUS; 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; 1921-6-250-2

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