L'Innocente du Jour

1810

Philibert-Louis Debucourt

Associated Names
Philibert-Louis Debucourt

Artist, French, 1755 - 1832

The image displays three figures in the center. Two men support a woman down a step. The woman has delicate features, a serene expression, and an updo with a veil. She wears a long dress. One man has swept-back hair and wears a dark coat with tails. The other man has curly hair and wears a dark coat. The woman holds a fan. The setting is outdoors with greenery and stonework. Behind the figures, there is a large urn on a plinth, surrounded by a decorative wall with plants. In the background, there are more figures, trees, and a path. A reclining lion statue and an urn add to the stone wall.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 30.1 × 39.8 cm (11 7/8 × 15 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.8 × 41.3 cm (12 1/2 × 16 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.2170

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fenaille 1899, no. 218, State iii/iii

  • Series Title

    Moeurs et Ridicules du Jour

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1899

  • Fenaille, Maurice. L'Oeuvre grave de P.L. Debucourt (1755-1832). Paris: Librairie Damascene Morgand, 1899.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image, at left: Dessiné et Gravé par DeBucourt. 1810; in plate, below image, at right: à Paris chez Bance ainé rue St. Denis; in plate, below image, at center: L'INNOCENTE DU JOUR

Markings

recto: none; verso: National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64961004

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