Les Laveuses (The Laundresses), 1771

Not on View

Medium

etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 33.1 x 23.2 cm (13 1/16 x 9 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Morgan in Honor of Margaret Morgan Grasselli

Catalogue Raisonné

Hedou 1879, no. 148

Accession Number

2009.81.3

Artists / Makers

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (artist) French, 1734 - 1781

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in plate: Le Prince 1771; by later hand, lower center of mount in brown ink: Le Laveuse; by later hand, lower center verso in brown ink: Le Prince fec / Manuel de Huber Tom VIII. pag 249. no 25

Provenance

Johann Nepomuk Seiler (1793 - 1876) (not in Lugt). (sale, Karl & Faber, Munich, 27 May 2009, no. 235); (Christopher Mendez, London); purchased 2009 by NGA.

Associated Names

Karl & Faber Kunstauktionen GmbH
Mendez, Christopher
Seiler, Johann Nepomuk

Exhibition History

2021: Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2021 - 2022.

Bibliography

1879: Hedou, Jules. Jean Le Prince et son oeuvre. Paris: J. Baur Libraire, 1879: no. 148.

2021: Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 55, fig. 8.