La Nuit (Night)

1780s

Nicolas François Regnault

Artist, French, 1746 - 1810

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and stipple etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Katharine Shepard Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 41.7 × 48 cm (16 7/16 × 18 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 46 × 55.3 cm (18 1/8 × 21 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.96.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc 1854-1888, no. 15

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

François Heugel [1922-2010], Paris (Lugt 3373); (Paul Prouté, S.A, Paris); purchased 2015 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels: no. 15

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: lower left in plate: Dessiné et Gravé par N. F. Regnault; lower center in plate: LA NUIT.; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 480017; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 101020

Wikidata ID

Q77015316

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