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Poetry

Engraving
ca. 1740 to ca. 1778 (engraved)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Engraving


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • Poetry (assigned by artist)
  • La Poésie (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving print on paper
Brief description
Engraving by Georg Leopold Hertel after François Boucher. Two putti on a cloud as an allegory of poetry. ca. 1740-ca. 1778.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 19.2cm
  • Cut to width: 29.6cm
Dimensions taken from Lambert, Susan. Drawing: Technique & Purpose. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1981.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'LA POÉSIE / no. 190' (Lettered with title and numbered at lower middle)
  • 'F. Boucher inv.' (Lettered at lower left)
  • '4' (Numbered)
  • 'G. L. Hertel sculp. / Ioh: Georg Hertel, excud; A: V: 4' (Lettered and numbered at lower right)
Subjects depicted
Associated object
D.1907-1885 (Depiction)
Bibliographic reference
Lambert, Susan. Drawing: Technique & Purpose. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1981. p.19.
Collection
Accession number
24846:4

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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