The Happy Family [L'Heureuse Famille]
Maker
After
(artist)
1745-1801
(artist)
1745-1801
Title
The Happy Family [L'Heureuse Famille]
Date of Production
1770
Medium
Etching and aquatint, printed in black
Dimensions
Height: 22.2 cm
Width: 31.8 cm
Width: 31.8 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.8116
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
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower left, printed within plate: S Freudeberg Fe 1770; lower centre, printed: A J L[...?] aquat.; lower margin, typed (later Witt inscription): S. FREUDEBERG / Sale, Druot, Paris, / 3 April, 1886 / T.O.
Verso: separate cutting with printed text : glued down lower left: FREUDEBERG / (SIGISMOND) / 40 - L'heureuse Famille. / La mère est assise à droite; le père est devant / elle, lui prenant un jeune enfant de ses bras. / Vers la gauche, une vieille femme assise semble / corriger une petite fille. / Au lavid d'aquarelle. / Signé et daté 1770. / Haut., 20 cent.; larg., 25 cent. / Cadre en bois sculpté.; stamped in blue: M
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