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Gilles Demarteau, the Elder after François Boucher

Associated Names
Gilles Demarteau the Elder

Artist, French, 1722 - 1776

François Boucher

Artist After, French, 1703 - 1770

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chalk manner in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ellwanger/Mescha Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 30 x 43.5 cm (11 13/16 x 17 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 31.5 x 51 cm (12 3/8 x 20 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.156.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Leymarie 1896, no. 110

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ellwanger/Mescha Collection; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1896

  • Leymarie, L. de. L'Oeuvre de Gilles Demarteau l'aine graveur du roi, catalogue descriptif. Paris: Georges Rapilly, 1896: no. 110.

1978

  • Jean-Richard, Pierrette. L'oeuvre grave de François Boucher, dans la Collection Edmond de Rothschild. Paris, 1978.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Boucher inv. et del.; lower center in plate: A Paris chez Demarteau l'Ainé rue de la Pelterie a la Cloche; lower right in plate: Demarteau l'Aine sculp. / No 110

Wikidata ID

Q76341133

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