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This and 11 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Figures Chinoises.

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1920

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Print, POÏ NOU ou Servante Chinoise

This is a Print. It was designed by François Boucher and print maker: François Boucher and after Antoine Watteau. It is dated 1731 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.

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: A. Watteau pinxit.; lettered lower right: Boucher Sculp.

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, lower center: POÏ NOU ou Servante Chinoise; numbered in plate, lower left 4; lettered lower left: Tiré du Cabinet du Roy; lettered lower right: Avec Privilege; inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 1921-6-414(4)

Cite this object as

Print, POÏ NOU ou Servante Chinoise; Designed by François Boucher (French, 1703–1770); After Antoine Watteau (French, 1684 – 1721); France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-474-4

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