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Les Plaisirs du Printemps: P.434-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Les Plaisirs du Printemps

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gabriel
Printer: Jouy

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Measurements and weight

Height: 235 mm
Width: 293 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

1830s
Production date: circa AD 1834 : The Image of France (ARTFL Project at the University of Chicago) has a listing for a series of 'Plaisirs' published by Jouy on 17 May 1834.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Aquatint
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: LES PLAISIRS DU PRINTEMPS
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: A Paris chez Jouy Rue des Noyers No. 25
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Gabriel fils Sculpt.
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: La nature trop longtems dans le deuil vient enfin de recouvrer sa brillante parure et toute sa richesse. Les rigueurs de l'hiver sont bientot oubliées, et le parfum des fleurs / achève ded séduire nos sens ; bientot l'amour va renaitre ainsi que la nature, et les doux entretiens sous la verte feuillée et les rendez-vous secrets vont tendre des pièges à l'inno- / cence, car souvent la vertu des cruelles a succombée [sic] sous l'influence du Printemps.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Text: Déposé
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.434-1991
Primary reference Number: 20277

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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