Les deux baisers (The Two Kisses) Artist: Philibert-Louis Debucourt (French, 1755–1832)

Medium

Color wash-manner engraving, printed in blue, red, orange, yellow, and black inks

Dimensions

platemark: 14 5/16 × 16 3/4 in. (36.3 × 42.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Ivan E. Phillips, B.A. 1956, and Winifred Phillips in memory of Neil Phillips, J.D. 1951

Accession Number

2008.178.1

Geography
Culture
Period

18th century

Classification
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Provenance

Provenance

Sotheby's Old Master, Modern and Contemporary Prints, 1 April 2008, Lot 207; Susan Schulman Printseller, LLC to Ivan Phillips
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 2009," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009), 194, ill
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Additional information

Inscriptions

in pen and ink, in margin: LL: Peint et Gravée par De Bucourt Peintre du Roi 1786; LC: LES DEUX BAISERS/ a Paris chez l'auteur Cour du vieux Louvre la 5.ième porte agauche/ en entrant par la Colonade au premier

Signed

in pen and ink, in margin: LL: Peint et Gravée par De Bucourt Peintre du Roi 1786;

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