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The Governess (La Governante)
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, François-Bernard Lépicié1739
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States
Details
- Title: The Governess (La Governante)
- Creator: François Bernard Lépicié after Jean-Siméon Chardin
- Date Created: 1739
- Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower right: “Gravé par Lépicié 1739”; with all inscriptions; inscribed in ink in 18th century hand on verso: “De sa Majestée la Reyne Sou [?] de Prusse”
- Print State: Only state
- 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, 1971
- Materials & Techniques: Etching and engraving on laid paper
- Keywords: children (people by age group)
- Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
- Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 370 mm x 270 mm (14.57 in. x 10.63 in.). Sheet dimensions: 526 mm x 379 mm (20.71 in. x 14.92 in.).
- Bibliography: Bocher, “Chardin” 24; Rosenberg, “Chardin” cat. 83; Portalis and Beraldi 2 (vol. 2, p. 663)
- Associated People: Created by François Bernard Lépicié (French, 1698-1755), After Jean-Siméon Chardin (French, 1699-1779)
- Accession Number: 1971.26.1
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