Bal de la Bastille
1790
Artist, French, active c. 1784 - 1825
Artist, French, 1769 - 1823
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and wash manner, printed in blue, red, and black inks
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Credit Line
Gift of Ivan E. and Winifred Phillips in memory of Neil Phillips
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Dimensions
plate: 40.2 x 31.9 cm (15 13/16 x 12 9/16 in.)
sheet: 52 x 38.8 cm (20 1/2 x 15 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1999.77.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Portalis/Beraldi 1880, no. 6
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(William H. Schab Gallery, Inc., New York); gift to NGA, 1999.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2003
Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, NGA, 2003, no. 82.
2012
Awash in Color: French and Japanese Prints, David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Chicago, 2012 - 2013, unnumbered catalogue.
Bibliography
1880
Portalis, baron Roger and Henri Beraldi. Les graveurs du dix-huitieme siecle. 2 parts, 3 vols. each part. Paris, 1880.
2003
Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004: no. 82.
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: Swebach Desfontaines del.; lower right in plate: Le Coeur sculp.; lower center in plate: BAL DE LA BASTILLE / Ce fut précisément sur les ruines de cet affreux monument de despotisme que le Français célébra le premier anniversaire de la liberté. La / célérité des préparatifs de cette fête dut etonner sans doute, mais comment exprimer le sentiment qu'on éprouvait en lisant cette inscription. / Ici l'on danse / A Paris, chez l'Auteur, rue St. Jacques, No. 55.; by later hand, center left verso in charcoal: 40
Wikidata ID
Q75424089