La confidence

between 1731 and 1797

Carle Van Loo, Artist Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet, Artist

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About the Artwork

Title La confidence

Artwork Date between 1731 and 1797

Makers Carle Van Loo (Artist) French, 1705-1765 Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet (Artist) French, 1731-1797

Medium Etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper

Dimensions Plate: 19 1/8 × 14 1/2 inches (48.6 × 36.8 cm) Sheet: 22 3/8 × 17 3/8 inches (56.8 × 44.1 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 71.71

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Inscriptions Inscribed, in ink, below image, lower left: van loo Inscribed, lower right: Beauvarlet Inscribed, in pencil, lower right edge: proof before the letters Inscribed, in pencil, verso: Beauvarlet "La Confidence" after Van Loo | Beautiful proof before all letters. Inscribed, lower right, verso: W ( ) Inscribed, along left lower edge: [numeric notations]

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1971-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet; after Carle Van Loo, La confidence, between 1731 and 1797, etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, 71.71.