Fêtes Vénitiennes

Laurent Cars1732 (or 1735)

Details

Title: Fêtes Vénitiennes
Creator: Laurent Cars after Jean-Antoine Watteau
Date Created: 1732 (or 1735)
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower right: “Lau. Cars Sculp.” with full inscriptions
Print State: Fifth of six states
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. Purchase funds, 1960
Materials & Techniques: Etching and engraving on laid paper
Keywords: dance, dancers, genre, music, theater (discipline)
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 503 mm x 370 mm (19.8 in. x 14.57 in.).
Bibliography: Dacier and Vuaflart 6 v/vi (vol. 3, pp. 9–10); Portalis and Beraldi 17 (vol. 1, p. 315); Courboin 557 (vol. 2, p. 60); Goncourt (1875) 135, p. 125
Associated People: Created by Laurent Cars (French, 1699-1771), After Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684-1721)
Accession Number: 1960.20.1

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