François Boucher
La tourterelle mise en cage par un amour (The Dove Caged by Love)

CultureFrench
Titles
  • La tourterelle mise en cage par un amour (The Dove Caged by Love)
Date1740
MediumEtching on laid paper, state II/IV
DimensionsPlate/Sheet: 7 5/8 × 5 3/4 in. (19.3 × 14.6 cm)
Mount: 11 1/8 × 8 1/4 in. (28.2 × 21 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Marjorie G. and Evan C. Horning Print Endowment
Object number2022.262
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
Recto: Inscribed on plate, running directly beneath left, center, and right bottom edge of image: a Paris chez Odieuve Md destampes quay de l’Ecole vis a vis le cote de la Samaritaine a la belle Image
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, bottom left corner: CA
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, top left corner: [illegible]

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Catalogue raisonnéBruand: no. 17; Jean-Richard: second state, no. 4

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Overall open
Jacob Joshua Katzigin
1800
Book composed of 128 folios of ink on paper, with gilt-tooled brown leather cover with brass clasps
2023.610