François Bernard Lépicié
La Pourvoïeuse

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ArtistFrench, 1698–1755
AfterFrench, 1699–1779
CultureFrench
Titles
  • La Pourvoïeuse
Date1742
MediumEngraving on 18th-century French laid paper
DimensionsPlate: 14 15/16 × 10 11/16 in. (38 × 27.1 cm)
 Sheet: 15 3/16 × 11 3/8 in. (38.6 × 28.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Susan Schulman in honor of Dr. Dena M. Woodall
Object number2024.53
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, 1742; [Susan Schulman Printsellers, as of 2023]; given to the MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryNone known for this impression.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, in plate, left bottom edge: J.B. Simeon Chardin pinxit. [cursive]
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, in plate, center bottom edge: LA POURVOÏEUSE. / A vôtre air j'estime et je pense, Ma chere enfant, sans calculer, Que vous prenez sur la dépense, Ce qu'il faut pour vous habiller. / Lépicié / A Pris chez l'Auteur au coin de l"abreuvoir du Quay des Orfevres. / et chez L. Surugue graveur du Roi, ruë des Noyers, vis a vis le mur de St. Yves. Avec Privilege du Roi. [cursive]
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, in plate, right bottom edge: Lépicié Sculpsit 1742.
Verso: [none]

Inscription: Recto: Lettered with names of designer and etcher, date, title, four verses in French
Recto: Inscribed, lower left, below plate: J.B. Simeon Chardin pinxit.
Recto: Inscribed, lower right, below plate: Lépicié Sculpsit 1742
Recto: Inscribed, lower center, below plate: La Pourvoieuse
Recto: Inscribed, lower center, below plate: A votre air j’estime et je pense, / Que vous prenez sur la dépense / Ma chere enfant, sans calculer. / Ce qu’il fau pour vous habiller / Lepicie

Recto: Inscribed, lower center, publication addresses: AParis chez l'Auteur au coin de l'Abreuvoir du Quay des Orfevres' and 'chez L. Surugue (...) rue des Noyers, vis a vis le mur de St. Yves
Watermark: TBD
Catalogue raisonnéBocher, Emmanuel, Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin: Catalogue Raisonné, 1876, 45.A Portalis, Roger and Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du dix-huitiéme siècle. T.2 DREVET-MARAIS, p. 663, Cat. 10.

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