H-95-0061
NICOLAS DE LAUNAY after Jean-Honore Fragonard Etching, Le Chiffre d'Amour
$495.00
DETAILS
An antique, colored etching showing a romantic scene of a young lady standing inscribing her suitor's initials on a tree. An attentive dog sits atop a stone bench with her shawl to the right. Pages of a love letter lay on the ground. After an original painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard painted around 1775-80.
TITLE
Le Chiffre d'Amour (The Souvenir)
STYLE
Rococo
MEDIUM
Engraving, etching
FRAMING
Matted and gilt framed under glass
PLACE OF ORIGIN
France | Europe
MAKER
After Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732-1806) | Engraver: Nicolas de Launay (French, 1739-92) | Active: Paris, France
MARKS
Titled (lower): Peint par H. Fragonard, Peintre du Roi / LE CHIFFRE D"ARMOUR / Gravé par De Launay, Graveur du Roi / Dédié à Madame la Vicomtesse de Polastron / Dame du Palais Copenhague, Rue de la Bucherie, N°26. A.P.D.R. / Paris chez N. De Launay, Graveur des Acad.ies Roy de Paris / de ...
PERIOD
Louis XVI (1774-92) | Late 18th century
DATE
Circa 1786
DIMENSIONS
Width 20.75 Depth 2.25 Height 24.25 inches
Sight: Width 10.25 Height 14 inches
