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La Maitresse d'Ecole: P.100-1940

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

La Maitresse d'Ecole

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Lépicié, Bernard
Painter: Chardin, Jean Baptiste Siméon (After)
Publisher: Surugue, Louis

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Notes

History note: Collection of the Albertina [Lugt 5f]; duplicate sale 1922; Colnaghi; bt. John Charrington [Lugt 572], February 1925; sale (Christie's) 19 June 1940, part of lot no. 81.

Legal notes

Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum, with the aid of a contribution from the National Art-Collections Fund and from E. E. Barron, August 1940.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1940) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1740

School or Style

French

Components of the work

Paper Height 22.2 cm Height 22.7 cm Width 21.1 cm Width 21.8 cm

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Si cet aimable enfant, rend bien d’une Maitresse / L’air serieux, le dehors imposant, / Ne peut on pas penser que la feinte et l’adresse / Viennent au Sexe, au plus-tard en Naissant. /Lépicié
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.100-1940
Primary reference Number: 184057
BN Inventaire (18thC): 55
Bocher (Chardin): 34 II/III
Lugt: 572
Lugt: 5f
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 22 February 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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