Jean-Siméon Chardin

L'Instant de la Meditation,

Maker

Title

L'Instant de la Meditation

Medium

engraving, etching

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

25.1 x 28.1 cm (9 7/8 x 11 1/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:in pencil, LL:B.26.IVerso:in pencil, LL:43079 ; in UL:c/w ; in LR:Greenaugh/ Do not mount or cutIn Plate--In LL:J.B.S. Chardin pinxit. ; in LR:L. Surugue sculpsit 1747. ; titled, LC:L 'INSTANT DE LA MÉDITATION. ; 4-line French poem, LC:Cet amusant travail...(see print for full inscription); in LC:a Paris chez L. Surugue Graveur du Roy. rue des Noyers attenant le Magazin de Papier vis avis S.t Yves A.P.D.R.

Marks: RISD Museum stamp in black ink on verso. Watermark:TDUP.../AUVER... Henri Béraldi collector mark stamped twice in brown ink on verso (Lugt 230)

Type

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

71.140

L'Instant de la Meditation

Original--Recto:in pencil, LL:B.26.IVerso:in pencil, LL:43079 ; in UL:c/w ; in LR:Greenaugh/ Do not mount or cutIn Plate--In LL:J.B.S. Chardin pinxit. ; in LR:L. Surugue sculpsit 1747. ; titled, LC:L 'INSTANT DE LA MÉDITATION. ; 4-line French poem, LC:Cet amusant travail...(see print for full inscription); in LC:a Paris chez L. Surugue Graveur du Roy. rue des Noyers attenant le Magazin de Papier vis avis S.t Yves A.P.D.R.

Marks: RISD Museum stamp in black ink on verso. Watermark:TDUP.../AUVER... Henri Béraldi collector mark stamped twice in brown ink on verso (Lugt 230)

Exhibition History

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