This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions), and as such we offer a high-resolution image of it. See our image rights statement.
Object Timeline
|
1920 |
|
|
2016 |
|
|
2025 |
|
Print, A. Wateau, 1727
This is a Print. It was published by Edmé-François Gersaint and after Antoine Watteau and print maker: Louis Crépy and sitter: Antoine Watteau. It is dated 1727 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, below image: Ipse se pinxit; lower right: L. Crépy filius Sculp; lettered lower left: a Parïs chez Gersaint pont Nôtre Dame
It is inscribed
Lettered in plate, lower center : A.WATEAU/ Avec un air-aisé, si vif, Et si nouveau,/ Wateau dans ce qu’il peint, montre tant de genie:/ Que les moindres sujets de son heureux pinceau,/ Des Grâces, des amours, semblent tenir la vie. J. Verduc
Cite this object as
Print, A. Wateau, 1727; Print Maker: Louis Crépy; After Antoine Watteau (French, 1684 – 1721); Published by Edmé-François Gersaint (French, 1694 – 1750); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-491-1
