Le Couche de la Mariee (The Marriage Bed)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jean Michel Moreau

Title

Le Couche de la Mariee (The Marriage Bed)

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Artist's working dates 1756–1814

Medium

Engraving on cream laid paper

Inscriptions

Lettered, lower left: "Peint a la gouasse par P.A. Boudouin."; lower right: "Grave a l'Eau f.te par J.M. Moreau le Jne a termine par J.B. Simonet."; below image: "Le Couche de la Mariee./ A tres Haut et tres puissant seigneur...Emmanuel d'hautefort./ Comte d'Hautefort, marquis de villacerf...de cavalerie royale etranger./ Par son tres humbles...Baudoin et Moreau le Jne./ A.P.D.R."

Dimensions

sheet: 52.5 × 36.7 cm (20 11/16 × 14 1/2 in.); Plate: 47 × 33.5 cm (18 9/16 × 13 1/4 in.); Image: 38.5 × 30.8 cm (15 3/16 × 12 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Print and Drawing Club

Reference Number

1926.932

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