Mischievous Boys (Les Espiègles)

Charles-Melchior Descourtisca. 1785-1789

Details

Title: Mischievous Boys (Les Espiègles)
Creator: Charles-Melchior Descourtis after Jean-François Schall
Date Created: ca. 1785-1789
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower right: “Descourtis sculp.”; inscribed, lower left: “Schall pinx.”; registration marks visible in center outer edge of each margin
Print State: Second of two 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. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds and purchase funds, 1988
Materials & Techniques: Etching, engraving, aquatint (and mezzotint?) in mixed methods, printed in color on wove paper
Keywords: children (people by age group), color intaglio, genre, nudes
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 554 mm x 425 mm (21.81 in. x 16.73 in.).
Bibliography: Portalis and Beraldi 3 (vol. 1, p. 747); LeBlanc 3
Associated People: Created by Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820), After Jean-François Schall (French, died 1812)
Accession Number: 1988.13.1

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