Village Pleasure (La Félicité Villageoise)

Nicolas de Launayca. 1770-1780

Details

Title: Village Pleasure (La Félicité Villageoise)
Creator: Jean-Louis Delignon under direction of Nicolas Delaunay, after Sigmund Freudenberger
Date Created: ca. 1770-1780
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower right: full inscriptions and dedication to Mons de Bourgogne de Menneville
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. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1944
Materials & Techniques: Etching and engraving on laid paper
Keywords: domestic genre, domestic life, family, genre
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 293 mm x 340 mm (11.54 in. x 13.39 in.).
Bibliography: Bourcard (1893) p. 236
Associated People: Created by Jean-Louis Delignon (French, 1755 - ca. 1804), Executed under the direction of Nicolas Delaunay (French, 1739-1792), After Sigmund Freudenberger (Swiss, 1745-1801)
Accession Number: 1944.D1.193

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