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Jean Jacques Caffieri: P.2356-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Jean Jacques Caffieri

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Leloir, Maurice
Printmaker: Saint Aubin, Augustin de (After)
Draughtsman: Cochin, Charles Nicolas II (After)
Printer: Beillet

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

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

Place(s) associated

  • Paris

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1877

School or Style

French

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 160 mm Width 120 mm
Sheet Height 182 mm Width 136 mm

Techniques used in production

Drypoint
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: J.J. CAFFIERY, / Sculpteur du Roi, / 1725 - 1792
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Dessiné par C.N. Cochin. 1779.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Imp. Beillet, Paris.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Gravé par M. Leloir. / d'après Aug. de St. Aubin.
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Inscription present: fleur de lis on a shield

  • Type: Watermark

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2356-1991
Primary reference Number: 95684

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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