Le Menuet de la mariee (The Bride's Minuet)

1786

Philibert-Louis Debucourt

Artist, French, 1755 - 1832

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and wash manner, printed in blue, orange-red, pale pink, yellow, and black inks

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    Overall (outer framing line): 30.7 x 23.4 cm (12 1/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
    plate: 38.6 x 28.5 cm (15 3/16 x 11 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.2261

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fenaille 1899, no. 8, State iv/vi

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1944

  • French Prints and Drawings of the XVIIIth Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1944-1945, no catalogue.

1983

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., July 1983.

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 58a, as Le Menuet de la marieé (The Bride's Minuet).

Bibliography

1899

  • Fenaille, Maurice. L'Oeuvre grave de P.L. Debucourt (1755-1832). Paris: Librairie Damascene Morgand, 1899.

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004: no. 58a.

Wikidata ID

Q64961033

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