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Categories for the Description of Works of Art


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Drawing, study

Object/Work Catalog Level: item
Type: drawing
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Classification Terms:
           prints and drawings
           European art
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Titles or Names Text: Téte à téte
    Preference: preferred
    Type: repository
Text: Two Lovers
    Preference: alternate
    Type: descriptive
Free text
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Creation Creator Description: François Boucher (French, 1703-1770) Free text
  Identity: Boucher, François
Role: painter
Authority
Authority
  Creation Date: 1764 
Earliest: 1764  Latest: 1764
Free text
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Styles/Periods/ Groups/Movements Indexing Term: Rococo Authority
Measurements Dimensions Description: 33.3 x 22.9 cm (13 1/8 x 9 inches); support: 38.4 x 28.2 cm (15 1/8 x 11 1/16 in.) Free text
  Dimensions Extent: drawing
Value:
33.3 Unit: cm Type: height
Value: 22.9 Unit: cm Type: width

Dimensions Extent: secondary support
Value: 38.4 Unit: cm Type: height
Value: 28.2 Unit: cm Type: width
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Materials and Techniques Description: black chalk heightened with white, on buff-colored paper Free text
  Material Names:
        black chalk Role: medium
        laid paper Role: support
Technique Names:
        heightening
        drawing
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Inscriptions/ Marks Transcription or Description: signed and dated, lower center in graphite: fBoucher / 1764 Free text
Subject Matter Indexing Terms:
        human figures
        landscape
        lovers
Authority
Current Location Repository Name/Geographic Location: National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC, United States)
Repository Number: 1942.9.657
Authority
Revised 28 August 2006