Two Tritons and a Swan

in or after 1736

Pierre-Alexandre Aveline

Artist, French, probably 1702 - 1760

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Regina Slatkin

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25.4 x 15.2 cm (10 x 6 in.)

  • Accession

    1984.91.6

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. Charles E. Slatkin [1909-1999]; gift 1984 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, as Fountain with Two Tritons and a Swan.

Bibliography

1978

  • Jean-Richard 1978, 220.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: F.Boucher inv; lower center in plate: Huquier ex. C.P.R.; lower right in plate: P.Aveline Sculp.

Wikidata ID

Q74066292

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