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Les Cerises: P.56-1954

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Les Cerises

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ponce, Nicolas
Painter: Baudouin, Pierre Antoine (After)

Entities

Categories

Description

Preliminary etching, sheet cut within platemark. The lettered state was dedicated to the marquis de Choiseul-Beaupré. The design was sent to China to be copied onto export-ware. It is found on Sèvres porcelain

Notes

History note: Bt. Sotheby's 23/24 February 1954, lot 409.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1954) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1775

Note

Preliminary etching; after a gouache by Baudouin exhibited in 1765.

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Etching

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.56-1954
Primary reference Number: 318076
Lawrence/Dighton: 166.a
Bocher (Baudouin): 13
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 13 May 2025 Updated: Friday 16 May 2025 Last processed: Friday 16 May 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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