La culbute (The Tumble) Etcher: François-Philippe Charpentier (French, 1734–1817)
After: Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732–1806)

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1766

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Etching and aquatint in brown ink

Dimensions

platemark: 11 13/16 × 16 7/16 in. (30 × 41.8 cm)

Credit Line

Everett V. Meeks, B.A. 1901, Fund

Accession Number

2017.93.3

Geography

Made in France

Culture

French

Period

18th century

Classification

Prints

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Bought by dealer at auction in Germany, 2016
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2017), 38
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

aquatints, daily life, etchings, figures (representations), interior

Subject

barns romantic fiction

Inscriptions

In plate, lower margin, center: LA CULBUTE / (A Paris chés Basan)\r\n\r\nlower left: Fragonard inv.\r\nlower right: Charpentier sculp.

Signed

In plate, LL corner: Fragonard inv.; in plate LR corner: Charpentier Sculp

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