Title page: Premier Livre de Groupes d'Enfants
Title page: Premier Livre de Groupes d'Enfants
Title page: Premier Livre de Groupes d'Enfants
Title page: Premier Livre de Groupes d'Enfants

Currently not on view

Title page: Premier Livre de Groupes d'Enfants,

ca. 1742

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, French, 1702–1760
after François Boucher, 1703–1770; born and died Paris, France
x1958-73

Information

Title
Title page: Premier Livre de Groupes d'Enfants
Dates

ca. 1742

Maker
Pierre Alexandre Aveline
after François Boucher
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
plate: 27.8 x 21.5 cm. (10 15/16 x 8 7/16 in.) sheet: 45.5 x 30.5 cm (17 15/16 x 12 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Caroline G. Mather Fund
Object Number
x1958-73
Place Made

Europe, France, Paris

Inscription
Inscribed in plate in cloth held by cupids: PREMIER LIVRE / de / Groupes d’Enfans [sic] / Par / F. BOUCHER / Peintre du Roy / Gravé par / P. Aveline. Inscribed in plate, lower center: A Paris chés J. Fr. Chereau, rue St. Jacques aux 2 Piliers d’Or. A P D R.
Marks/Labels/Seals
Watermark: T [a well] DUPUY-FIN/AUERGNE 1742
Reference Numbers
Ananoff 853; Jean-Richard 235
Culture
European, French
Type
engravings, etchings, prints
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
etching (printing process)
Subject
putti, title pages

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