Cinq musiciens ambulant (Five strolling musicians) / François Boucher [artwork]
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- Title
- Cinq musiciens ambulant (Five strolling musicians) [artwork]
- Artist
- Boucher, François, 1703-1770
- Date Created
- ca. 1726-1728
- Genre
- artwork
- Physical Description
- Sheet: 11 3/8 x 16 1/8 inches (29.0 x 41.0 cm.); plate impression: 10 1/8 x 12 7/8 inches (25.7 x 32.7 cm.)
- Artist notes
- after a drawing by Jean Antoine, or Antoine, Watteau, painter of fêtes galantes, draughtsman and engraver, 1684-1721
- Artist nationality
- French
- Artist role
- painter, draughtsman and engraver
- Original artist
- Watteau, Antoine, 1684-1721
- Inscription
- Recto: l. l.: (within plate impression) Boucher. S. ["S" is reversed] ; l. r.: (within plate impression) Wate. bl. [should read "dl"; the "d" is reversed] ; l. r.: (within plate impression) . 347. ; verso: u. l.: (in pencil) Ritti / Sep. 1925 / 45 fcs. / Gravé par Boucher / d'après Watteau ; l. l.: (in pencil) C575/632 ; l. r.: (pencil marking, illegible)
- Medium
- Etching.
- Condition
- Good condition. Adhesive tape stains at upper left and right corners.
- Provenance
- Paul Ritti, Librairie Ancienne et Moderne, Paris, 29 Sept. 1925.
- Instrument
- Pipe, Tabor, Hurdy-Gurdy
- Related names
- Jullienne, Jean de, 1686-1766
- Century
- 18th century
- Subject
- Genre
- Miller category
- Mythological, etc.
- Miller ID
- 0081/U
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Last Updated: 03-05-2014