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The Happy Family [L'Heureuse Famille]

Maker

After
(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

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

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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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