This and 89 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Prints: Tome 1 of the Oeuvre of Juste-François Boucher, known as Boucher fils.

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Print, Lit à l'Italienne

This is a Print. It was designed by Jules-François Boucher le fils and published by Chez Le Pere et Avaulez, Charles Le Pere and Pierre-Michel Avaulez and print maker: Nicolas Dupin. It is dated ca. 1775 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving on off white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: Boucher del.; Lettered lower right, in plate: Dupin sc.

It is inscribed

Printed upper left, in plate: 2e. Cahier; Printed upper center, in plate: Lit à l'Italienne; Printed upper right, in plate: No 7; Printed lower center, in plate: A Paris ches Le Pere et Avauléz Mds. d'Estampes rue St. Jacques vis à vis celle du Platre a la Vieille Poste .

Cite this object as

Print, Lit à l'Italienne; Designed by Jules-François Boucher le fils (French, 1736 – 1782); Print Maker: Nicolas Dupin (French, active 18th century); Published by Chez Le Pere et Avaulez, Charles Le Pere (French, active 18th century), Pierre-Michel Avaulez (French, active 1772 – d. 1774); France; engraving on off white laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-252-8

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