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Etching

Object/Work Catalog Level: item
Type:  etching
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Authority
Classification Terms:
           prints and drawings
           European art
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Titles or Names Text: Menuet de la Mariée
    Preference: preferred
    Type: inscribed
    Language: French
Text: Minuet of the Bride
    Preference: alternate
    Type: translated
    Language: English
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Creation Creator Description: Philibert-Louis Debucourt (French, 1755-1832) Free text
  Identity: Debucourt, Philibert-Louis
Role: printmaker
Authority
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  Creation Date: 1786
Earliest: 1786  Latest: 1786
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Measurements Dimensions Description: 30.7 x 23.4 cm (12 1/16 x 9 3/16 inches); sheet: 38.3 x 27 cm (15 1/16 x 10 5/8 inches) Free text
  Extent: plate mark
Value:
30.7 Unit: cm Type: height
Value: 23.4 Unit: cm Type: width Extent: sheet
Value: 38.3 Unit: cm Type: height
Value: 27 Unit: cm Type: width
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Materials and Techniques Description: etching and engraving printed in yellow, red, blue, pink, and black inks from five plates Free text
  Material Names:
        ink Role: medium
        paper Role: support
Technique Names:
        etching
        engraving
        color printing
 
Inscriptions/ Marks Transcription or Description: below image: Le Menuet de de la Mariée / Dédié à Monsieur Le Comte De Cossé / Brigadier des Armées du Roy Mestre de Camp Commandant du / Regiment de Vivarais premier Gentilhomme e la Chambre de Monsieur frere du Roy / à Paris chez l'auteur Cour du viewe louvre la 5.m Porto / a gauche en entrant par la Colonade au 1.er / Par Son très humble et très / Obeissant Serviteur De Bucourt Free text
Subject Matter Indexing terms:
        human figures
        genre
        minuet (dance)
        wedding
        bride
        marriage
        De Cossé, Louis-Hercule-Timoléon (French nobleman, 1734-1792)
Authority
Descriptive Note Text: Noted for the application of color with multiple plates, intended to simulate hand washes. Free text
  Citation: National Gallery of Art online Authority
Related Works Relationship Type: printed from same plates
Related Object/Work Label/Identification:
Le Menuet de la Mariee; print; Philibert-Louis Debucourt (French, 1755-1832); 1786; National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC, United States); Widener Collection; 1942.9.2261
Remarks: 1942.9.2261 is printed without the inscription.
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Current Location Repository Name/Geographic Location: National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC, United States)
Repository Number: 1958.8.87
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Revised 28 August 2006