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Le départ du courier: P.455-1949

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Le départ du courier

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Beauvarlet, Jacques-Firmin
Draughtsman: Boucher, François (After)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Eugène de Wassermann, Brussels; bt. Hermann Metter, 1920s; sold (Sotheby’s) 20-21 April 1959, lot 70, from a ‘portfolio’ of 31 proof impressions; bt. ‘Warren’ for £680; 24 of which purchased by the Fitzwilliam for £300.

Legal notes

Bought from the Perceval Fund, October 1949

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1949)

Note

Etched, proof state, before border

School or Style

French

Components of the work

Sheet Height 395 mm Width 282 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.455-1949
Primary reference Number: 185675
Lawrence/Dighton: 7 I/II
BN Inventaire (18thC): 115
Portalis/Béraldi: 7
Jean-Richard (Boucher): 298
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 12 October 2011 Updated: Tuesday 22 February 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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