Gabriel Huquier
Titleplate (Title Page)

ArtistFrench, 1695–1772
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Titleplate (Title Page)
  • Recueil de differénts caractéres de Testes Dessinées d'apres la Colonne Trajane par François Boucher (Study of Different Types of Heads Designed after the Column of Trajan)
DateCirca 1748
MediumEtching and engraving on laid paper [proof before cross-hatching added bottom right below sword, before background, no. 1, letters and address]
DimensionsSheet: 16 1/8 × 11 in. (41 × 28 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Marjorie G. and Evan C. Horning Print Endowment
Object number2022.254
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist, 18th century; [Susan Schulman Fine Art, Inc., New York, as of 2021-2022]; purchased by MFAH, 2022.
Exhibition HistoryNone known.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
None
Watermark: Auvergne
Catalogue raisonnéNone

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