Le Billet Doux (The Love Letter)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Nicolas Delaunay

Title

Le Billet Doux (The Love Letter)

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Artist's working dates 1759–1792

Medium

Engraving in black ink on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Lettered, lower left: "Peint à la Gouache par N. Lavereince, Peintre du Roy de Suede"; lower center: "Le Billet Doux"; lower right: "Gravé par N. De Launay, de l'Académie Royale de Peinture et Sculpture

Dimensions

Image: 45 × 30.5 cm (17 3/4 × 12 1/16 in.); Plate: 45.5 × 33 cm (17 15/16 × 13 in.); Sheet: 46.7 × 33.3 cm (18 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Print and Drawing Club

Reference Number

1926.970

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