Etude du Dessein (The Drawing Lesson)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jacques Philippe Le Bas

Title

Etude du Dessein (The Drawing Lesson)

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1749

Medium

Engraving in black on cream laid paper

Inscriptions

Lettered, lower left: "Chardin pinxit 1749."; lower right: "le Bas Sculp."; below image: "ETUDE DU DESSEIN / À sa Majesté la Reine de Suède / le Tableau est dans le Cabinet de sa Majesté Par son trés humble et trés Obeissant Serviteur Chardin / A Paris chez Ja. Ph. le Bas graveur du Cabinet du Roi au bas de la rue de la Harpe"; inscribed lower right corner, below plate, in graphite: "Jai"

Dimensions

Image: 25.1 × 30.9 cm (9 15/16 × 12 3/16 in.); Plate: 29.4 × 32.9 cm (11 5/8 × 13 in.); Sheet: 45.5 × 62.4 cm (17 15/16 × 24 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund

Reference Number

2010.58

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