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This and 11 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Book, Livre De Vases (Book of Vases).

Object Timeline

1920

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2023

  • You found it!

Bound Print, Plate 11, Livre de vases (Book of Vases)

This is a bound print. It was designed by François Boucher and published by Gabriel Huquier and etched by A. Bouchet. It is dated ca. 1738 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching in red ink on cream laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

21.2 × 14.7 cm (8 3/8 × 5 13/16 in.)

It is signed

Printed in plate, lower left: F. Boucher inv.; lower center: Huquier ex. rue St. Jacques. CP.R.; lower right: A. Bouchet. sc.

It is inscribed

Printed in plate, upper right: 11

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Plate 11, Livre de vases (Book of Vases); Designed by François Boucher (French, 1703–1770); Etched by A. Bouchet (French, active ca. 1730-1740); Published by Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772); France; etching in red ink on cream laid paper; 21.2 × 14.7 cm (8 3/8 × 5 13/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-245-11

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