Jean-Michel Moreau (called Le Jeune)
Le Pari Gagné (Plate 29)

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Artist Jean-Michel Moreau (called Le Jeune) (French, 1741–1814)French, 1741–1814

CultureFrench

Titles

Le Pari Gagné (Plate 29)
the series Monument du Costume

Date1777/83

MediumEtching and engraving on laid paper, state I/Vs

DimensionsPlate (partial): 15 9/16 × 12 3/8 in. (39.5 × 31.4 cm)
Sheet: 18 13/16 × 12 15/16 in. (47.8 × 32.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Marjorie G. and Evan C. Horning Print Endowment

Object number2022.248

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Prints and Drawings

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PRINTS

Provenance[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, centered below image: Le Pari gagne/A.P.D.R.
Recto: Inscribed on plate, bottom left corner below image: No. 29
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, left bottom edge: 13 1364

Recto: Stamped, lower left edge: design of interlinked stylized D and E

Catalogue raisonnéBocher 1882; Lawrence & Dighton 1910; Ray 1982, 55

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