Heur et Malheur ou La Cruche Casee (Luck and Misfortune or the Broken Jug)

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Philibert Louis Debucourt

Title

Heur et Malheur ou La Cruche Casee (Luck and Misfortune or the Broken Jug)

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1787

Medium

Color aquatint with engraving in black ink on cream laid paper

Inscriptions

Lettered lower right: "Peint et gravee par Debucourt peinture du Roy 1787."; below image: "Heur et Malheur; ou la cruche casee/ a Paris chez l'auteur cour du Louvre la seine porte aguache en entrant par la colonade au 1.r."

Dimensions

Image: 30.7 × 25.2 cm (12 1/8 × 9 15/16 in.); Plate: 36.9 × 28.2 cm (14 9/16 × 11 1/8 in.); Sheet: 39.1 × 28.7 cm (15 7/16 × 11 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Charles Netcher

Reference Number

1925.271

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