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Print, Retour de Chasse

This is a Print. It was print maker: B. Audran and after Antoine Watteau. It is dated 1727 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

48.5 × 32.5 cm (19 1/8 × 12 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed, lower left: A Watteau pinxit; lower center: RETOUR DE CHASSE --- VENATIONIS REDITUS; lower right: B. Audran Scul.; below [a four-line eulogy to Watteau]

Cite this object as

Print, Retour de Chasse; Print Maker: B. Audran; After Antoine Watteau (French, 1684 – 1721); France; engraving on paper; 48.5 × 32.5 cm (19 1/8 × 12 13/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-13

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