Image

50.310.jpg

Nicolas Henri Tardieu

Portrait of Antoine Watteau and Jean de Jullienne

Description

Maker

Nicolas Henri Tardieu (French, 1674-1749), printmaker
After Antoine Watteau (French, 1684-1721), designer

Title

Portrait of Antoine Watteau and Jean de Jullienne

Year

1731

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

etching, engraving

Supports

Dimensions

43 x 32.4 cm (16 15/16 x 12 3/4 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LL: "A. Watteau pinxit"; LR: "Tardieu sculp."; LC: "a Paris Avec Privilege du Roy"; and with six lines of verse in French: "Assis, au près...ton Art divin!"

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Murray S. Danforth, Jr.

Object Number

50.310

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Keyboard and Strings
Early Instruments and Performers
Mar 07, 1951 – Apr 15, 1951

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Tombstone

Nicolas Henri Tardieu (French, 1674-1749), printmaker
After Antoine Watteau (French, 1684-1721), designer
Portrait of Antoine Watteau and Jean de Jullienne, 1731
Etching and engraving
43 x 32.4 cm (16 15/16 x 12 3/4 inches) (plate)
Gift of Murray S. Danforth, Jr. 50.310

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