Bal Chinois

Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen, Jean-Charles Françoisca. 1756-1769

Details

Title: Bal Chinois
Creator: "Charles Eisen, engraved by Jean Charles François"
Date Created: ca. 1756-1769
Subject Keywords: Chinoiserie
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed in plate margin, lower left: “C. Eisen pinxit”; inscribed in plate margin, lower right: “Avec Privilège; Chés François Graveur, au Triangle d’Or; Hôtel des Ursins, derriere S. Denis de la Chartre. Et à la Comette”; inscribed in lower margin, center: “BAL CHINOIS / Tiré du Cabinet de M. le Comte de La Vaulx de Vrecourt, Officier de Gendarmerie.”
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 2010
Materials & Techniques: Etching and engraving on medium-weight off-white laid paper
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: According to Carlier, François engraved six prints after Eisen. Of these, four were dated 1756. The latest possible date would be 1769, upon the death of François.
Dimensions: 1778
Bibliography: Adrien Carlier, Charles Eisen de Valenciennes, volume 4 of the series Cercle archéologique et historique de Valenciennes (Valenciennes, 1966), p. 263
Associated People: Designed by Charles Eisen (French, 1720-1778), Engraved by Jean Charles François (French, 1717-1769)
Accession Number: 2010.8.1

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