Le Compliment ou La Matinée du jour de l'an (The Compliment or New Year's Morning)

1787

Philibert-Louis Debucourt

Associated Names
Philibert-Louis Debucourt

Artist/publisher, French, 1755 - 1832

The image shows a group of people in an indoor setting. On the left, an older man is seated in a chair, leaning forward with an open smile. Opposite him, an older woman is seated, smiling gently. Beside her stands a middle-aged man with curly hair and a decorative hat. A young girl in a brown dress and a young boy in a light-colored outfit stand beside them. The young boy is engaging with the seated man. Behind them, a man in a dark military-style coat stands next to a table with various objects. The room has paintings and a clock mounted on the walls, suggesting a formal and elegant ambiance of the late 18th century.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color etching and wash manner on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    image (with framing line): 30 × 25.1 cm (11 13/16 × 9 7/8 in.)
    sheet (trimmed at or just within platemark): 36.7 × 28.6 cm (14 7/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.2253

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fenaille 1899, no. 15, State iii/v

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1944

  • French Prints and Drawings of the XVIIIth Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1944-1945, no catalogue.

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 67, as Le Compliment ou La Matinée du jour de l'an (The Compliment or New Year's Morning).

Bibliography

1899

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

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004: no. 67.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image, at left: L.De Bucourt. fecit. 1787; in plate, below image, at center: LE COMPLIMENT / ou / LA MATINÉE DU JOUR DE L'AN / Dédiée aux Peres de famille

Markings

recto: none; verso: National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

to be identified

Wikidata ID

Q64961018

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