The Hurdy-gurdy Player (Le jouer de vieille)

Jean-Claude Richard1775

Details

Title: The Hurdy-gurdy Player (Le jouer de vieille)
Creator: Jean Claude Richard de Saint-Non after François Boucher
Date Created: 1775
Subject Keywords: dogs, hurdy-gurdies, music, musicians, Picturesque, the
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed in plate, lowerf left: “F Boucher del.”; signed in plate, lower right: “Saint Non SC”
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. Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 2015
Materials & Techniques: Aquatint and lavis printed in black ink on heavyweight off-white laid paper. Watermark: Unidentified partial watermark at left edge
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: 1791
Bibliography: Louis Guimbaud, Saint-Non et Fragonard d’aprés des documents inédits (Paris: Le Goupy, 1927), cat. no. 70, page 200, listing this print as “rare.”
Associated People: Created by Jean Claude Richard de Saint-Non (French, 1727-1791), After François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
Accession Number: 2015.8.2

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