Le Menuet de la mariée (The Minuet of the married)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Philibert Louis Debucourt

Title

Le Menuet de la mariée (The Minuet of the married)

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Artist's working dates 1775–1832

Medium

Color aquatint with etching and engraving in black ink on cream laid paper

Inscriptions

Lettered, lower left: "Peint et Grave par P.L De BuCourt peintre du roi 1786..."; below image: "Le Menuet de la Mariee/ Dedie a Monsieur...Monsieur frere du/ Par son tres humble...Serviteur De Bucourt/ a Paris chez l'auteur cour du views Louvre la 5en. Porte a gauche en entrant par la colonade au 1er./ in...par Chapuis."

Dimensions

Image: 29.9 × 22.5 cm (11 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Plate: 38.5 × 28.5 cm (15 3/16 × 11 1/4 in.); Sheet: 40.2 × 30 cm (15 7/8 × 11 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Sheldon Fund

Reference Number

1924.1310

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