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Country Fair (Le Foire de Campagne)

Maker

(artist)
1703-1770

(engraver)
1715-1790

Major (publisher)

Title

Country Fair (Le Foire de Campagne)

Date of Production

1740

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 33.1 cm
Width: 40.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5883

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 : : Boucher Inv. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right& recto : : Cochin Filius Sculp. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : FOIRE DE CAMPAGNE //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin left & recto : : Que l'allegresse brille en ces rustiques lieux; / Villageois, profitez de la table et des jeux; //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right & recto : : Et vous, jeunes tendrons, qu'embellit l'innocence, / Soufrez qu'un tendre amour suive de pres la dance. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : DEDIE A MONSIEUR LE MARQUIS NICOLAI, PREMIER PRESIDENT DE LA CHAMBRE DES COMPTES. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin left & recto : : a Londres chez Major. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right & recto : : Par son tres humble et tres obeissant Serviteur Blangy //

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