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Bound Print, Design for a Fan Leaf

This is a Bound Print. It was designed by Antoine Watteau and published by Louis Surugue and production directed by Jean de Jullienne and print maker: Louis Crépy. It is dated 1723-1735 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: Wateau pinx; Lettered lower right, in plate: L. Crepy filius Scup.

It is inscribed

Printed lower center, in plate: Chez Surugue rue des Noyers / avec privilege du Roi; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 50

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Design for a Fan Leaf; Designed by Antoine Watteau (French, 1684 – 1721); Production directed by Jean de Jullienne (French, 1686–1766); Published by Louis Surugue (French, 1686–1762); Print Maker: Louis Crépy; France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-224-65

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