The Sick Cat (Le Chat Malade}

Jean-Étienne Liotard1731

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Title: The Sick Cat (Le Chat Malade}
Creator: Jean-Étienne Liotard after Jean-Antoine Watteau
Date Created: 1731
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower right: “J.E. Liotard”
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 and Weedon Endowment funds, 1987
Materials & Techniques: Etching and drypoint with engraved inscriptions on laid paper. Watermark: Double-headed eagle
Keywords: animals, cats, illness, medicine, theater (discipline)
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Published by Mme. F. Chereau
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 379 mm x 271 mm (14.92 in. x 10.67 in.). Sheet dimensions: 807 mm x 440 mm (31.77 in. x 17.32 in.).
Bibliography: Dacier and Vauflart 32; see Carlson and Ittman, 1984, cat. 84
Associated People: Created by Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss, 1702-1789), After Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684-1721)
Accession Number: 1987.23.2

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