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La musette gravée d'apres le tableau original peint par Watteau, de mesme grandeur

Title
La musette [graphic] : gravée d'apres le tableau original peint par Watteau, de mesme grandeur / A. Watteau pinxit ; Moyreau sculp.
Author
Moyreau, Jean, 1690-1762.
Publication
Paris : F. Chereau, [172-?]

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Additional Authors
  • Watteau, Antoine, 1684-1721.
  • Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. fnd
Description
1 print : etching, engraving, b&w; 43 x 57 cm., plate mark 40 x 54 cm.
Summary
Depiction of an elegantly dressed dancing couple in an outdoor setting, accompanied by a man playing the musette, a form of rustic bagpipe. Other ladies and gentlemen sit or stand nearby, observing or conversing.
Donor/Sponsor
Dance Committee Purchase Fund.
Alternative Title
Vtriculus. Scalptus juxta exemplar ejusdem magnituudinis a Wateavo depictum
Subjects
Genre/Form
Etchings.
Note
  • Caption title.
  • "Du cabinet de Mr. Stiemar."
  • The British Museum, which holds a copy of this print, dates it between 1726-1729.
Indexed In (note)
  • Dacier, Émile and Vuaflart, Albert, Jean de Jullienne et les graveurs de Watteau au XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1921-1929
  • Goncourt, Edmond de, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, dessiné et gravé d'Antoine Watteau, Paris, Rapilly, 1875
Funding (note)
  • Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Biography (note)
  • Antoine Watteau's original oil painting on canvas first belonged to the painter François Stiemart (1680-1740). It was sold at Christie's in 1997 under the title "A fête champêtre: La musette." This print by Jean Moyreau was made to the same measurements as Watteau's painting, but reverses the image.
Call Number
*MGZFY Moy J Mus 1
OCLC
825556637
Author
Moyreau, Jean, 1690-1762. Engraver
Title
La musette [graphic] : gravée d'apres le tableau original peint par Watteau, de mesme grandeur / A. Watteau pinxit ; Moyreau sculp.
Imprint
Paris : F. Chereau, [172-?]
Indexed In:
Dacier, Émile and Vuaflart, Albert, Jean de Jullienne et les graveurs de Watteau au XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1921-1929, 262 ii/ii.
Goncourt, Edmond de, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, dessiné et gravé d'Antoine Watteau, Paris, Rapilly, 1875, [no.] 149.
Funding
Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Biography
Antoine Watteau's original oil painting on canvas first belonged to the painter François Stiemart (1680-1740). It was sold at Christie's in 1997 under the title "A fête champêtre: La musette." This print by Jean Moyreau was made to the same measurements as Watteau's painting, but reverses the image.
Local Note
Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
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Local Subject
Musette (Dance)
Added Author
Watteau, Antoine, 1684-1721. Artist
Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Funder
Research Call Number
*MGZFY Moy J Mus 1
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