  About the Artwork
  
  
  Title
  The Love Letter
  
  
  Artwork Date
  18th century
  
  
  
  
  Makers
  
  
  After François Boucher  (Artist)
  French, 1703-1770
  Gilles Demarteau  (Artist)
  Flemish, 1722-1776
  
  
  
  Medium
  Engraving and roulette in color
  
  
  Dimensions
  Image: 7 1/4 × 10 1/2 inches (18.4 × 26.7 cm)
  Framed: 11 1/2 × 14 1/2 × 3/4 inches (29.2 × 36.8 × 1.9 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Prints
  
  
  Department
  Prints, Drawings &amp; Photographs
  
  
  Credit
  Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John N. Lord
  
  
  
  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.
  
  
  
  59.302
  
  
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