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Print, Bonze des Tartares Mongous ou Mogols

This is a Print. It was designed by Antoine Watteau and print maker: Edme Jeaurat and published by Louis Surugue and Marguerite Caillou Chéreau. It is dated 1731 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on 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: Jeaurat Sculp.

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, lower center: Bonze des Tartares Mongous ou Mogols / Tiré du Cabinet du Roy/ Avec Privilege; numbered lower right: 1

Cite this object as

Print, Bonze des Tartares Mongous ou Mogols; Designed by Antoine Watteau (French, 1684 – 1721); Print Maker: Edme Jeaurat (French, 1688 - 1738); Published by Marguerite Caillou Chéreau (French, active 1729–1755), Louis Surugue (French, 1686–1762); France; etching on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-495-1

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