Le Berger Content (The Content Shepherd) / John Ingram, [Probably by] [artwork]

Title

Le Berger Content (The Content Shepherd) [artwork]

Artist

Ingram, John, 1721-?, [Probably by]

Date Created

18th century

Genre

artwork

Physical Description

Sheet: 17 1/8 x 11 1/2 inches (43.5 x 29.2 cm.); plate impression: 16 x 11 inches (40.6 x 28.0 cm.)

Artist notes

after a painting by David Teniers, the younger, painter and engraver, 1610-1690

Artist nationality

British

Artist role

engraver

Original artist

Teniers, David, the younger, 1610-1690

Inscription

Recto: top center: (in pencil) 5 ; u. l.: (corner, within plate impression) 23 ; l. l.: (just beneath image) D. Teniers pinx. ; l. r.: (just beneath image) Ingram fecit. ; bottom center: (title, poem, collection, and printer, in French) LE BERGER CONTENT. / Quoique mon bien consiste en mon seul flageolet, / Aux accés du chagrin je ne suis point sujet; / Et si par un amour sincére, / Je pouvois posseder le coeur de ma Bergére, / Je ne penserois pas que le plus puissant Roy / Eût plus de richesses que moy. / Moraine. / Tiré du cabinet de Monsieur le Marquis de Lassé et gravé de même grandeur de l'Original. / A Paris chez Basset, Md. D'Estampes, rue St. Jacques No. 64. ; l. r.: (in pencil) Teniers ; verso: u. l.: (in pencil) Ritti July 1925 45 fcs ; l. r.: (in pencil, upside down) T ; l. l.: (two round stamp marks, one in blue, the other in red, both possibly Customs stamps); blue stamp (around border): POLICE [GENEVAIS?]; red stamp: (around border) MINISTERE DE LA POLICE HAUTE-GAR[…]; interior of red stamp: [DIRECTION / DE LA / …] ; l. l.: (in pencil) C575/533

Medium

Etching.

Condition

Fine condition. Light adhesive tape stains at upper and lower left corners of left edge.

Provenance

Paul Ritti, Librairie Ancienne et Moderne, Paris, 16 July 1925.

Instrument

Recorder or Duct flute

Century

18th century

Subject

Pastoral

Miller category

Miscellaneous Art (large)

Miller ID

0086/Y

Repository

Music Division, Library of Congress

Last Updated: 03-05-2014