La Nuit (Night), 1780s

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Medium

etching and stipple etching on laid paper

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.)

Credit Line

Katharine Shepard Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Le Blanc 1854-1888, no. 15

Accession Number

2015.96.5

Artists / Makers

Nicolas François Regnault (artist) French, 1746 - 1810

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Heugel, François
Prouté, S.A., Paul

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