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L'Education de l'Amour

Maker

Nicolas Fouché (artist)
1653-1733

Nicolas Fouché (draughtsman)
1653-1733

(engraver)
1682-1739

(publisher)
1682-1739

Title

L'Education de l'Amour

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 37.4 cm
Width: 27.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5878

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin left & recto : : peint par N. Fouche. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right & recto : : Grave par L. Desplaces //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : L'Education de l'Amour //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre left & recto : : La Nature en prudente Mere / Avoit rendu l'Amour sincere, doux, humain, / Il faisoit par son caractere, / Les delices du genre humain [colon] //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre right & recto : : Mais depuis que Venus eut invite Mercure / A l'instruire aux Arts liberaux; / il recut dans son sein la fourbe et l'imposture / Et fut la cause de tous maux. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : A Paris chez Desplaces rue de la Jussienne proche l'egout montmartre chez un Tapissier //

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