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The Graces at the Tomb of Watteau, frontispiece to the Figures de différents caractères, II
The Graces at the Tomb of Watteau, frontispiece to the Figures de différents caractères, II

The Graces at the Tomb of Watteau, frontispiece to the Figures de différents caractères, II

Primary (Paris, France, 1703–1770)
NationalityFrench, Europe
Date1728
MediumEtching
DimensionsSheet: 17 13/16 × 12 5/8 in. (45.2 × 32.1 cm)
Additional Dimension: 14 × 9 1/16 in. (35.6 × 23 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund, 1995.33
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1995.33
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Label Text
A year after Watteau’s death, his patron Jean de Julienne conceived a project to reproduce all of the artist’s paintings and drawings in a corpus of engravings and etchings. The young Boucher became a principal in the project, executing 119 of the 351 plates that appeared in two volumes in 1726 and 1728. A tribute to Watteau’s genius, this etching was one of the few original designs.
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