About the Artwork
Le plaisir de l'été
1744
After Jean Baptiste Joseph Pater (Artist) French, 1695-1736 Louis Surugue (Artist) French, 1686-1762
Etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 12 7/8 × 14 1/2 inches (32.7 × 36.8 cm) Sheet (visible portion): 14 × 15 1/2 inches (35.6 × 39.4 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Thomas Agnew and Sons
59.6
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, below image, lower right: L. Surugue Sculpsit 1744. Inscribed, lower left: J. B. Pater Pinxit- Inscribed, lower center: LE PLAISIR DE L'ÉTÉ Inscribed, in plate, center lower margin: En sortant de ce bain dont la fraicheur charmante, | De Cupidon a pû calmer les feux; || Philis nous connoissons qu'au gré de votre atente | Ce petit Dieu s'est sauvé dans vos yeux | Lépicié Inscribed, center lower margin: Le Tableau est dans le Cabinet de Mr. l'Abbe de | Majinville Conte. au Parlement. Inscribed, center lower edge of plate: AParis chez L. Surugue Graveur du Roy, rue des Noyers, attendant le Magasin de Papier, vis-a-vis St. Yves. A.P.D.R.
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Thomas Agnew and Sons;1959-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Louis Surugue; after Jean Baptiste Joseph Pater, Le plaisir de l'été, 1744, etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Thomas Agnew and Sons, 59.6.
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