About the Artwork
Berger jouant de la flute
ca. 1727
After Antoine Watteau (Artist) French, 1684-1721 Louis Crépy (Artist) French, born 1680 Gersaint (Publisher) French
Etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 15 1/2 × 7 5/8 inches (39.4 × 19.4 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Founders Society Purchase, William C. Yawkey Fund
36.34
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Wateau Pin. Inscribed, lower center: PARAVENT DE SIX FEUILLES. | Chez Gersaint Md. AParis pont Notre Dame Inscribed, lower right: L. Crepy filius Sculp. | I Inscribed, in brown ink, lower left edge: Avec Privilege du Roy.
Watermark, obscured by image, center Stamped, in brown, verso: J. Model (Lugt Suppl. 1488a)
Provenance
J. Model;1936-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Louis Crépy; after Antoine Watteau, Berger jouant de la flute, ca. 1727, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William C. Yawkey Fund, 36.34.
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