Annette et Lubin
Primary
Philibert-Louis Debucourt
(Paris, France, 1755–1832)
NationalityFrench, Europe
Date1789
MediumColor aquatint, stipple, and etching from multiple plates
Catalogue raisonnéPortalis & Beraldi 1, Fenaille 22
DimensionsSheet: 14 15/16 × 10 3/4 in. (38 × 27.3 cm)
Image: 10 11/16 × 9 1/8 in. (27.2 × 23.2 cm)
Image: 10 11/16 × 9 1/8 in. (27.2 × 23.2 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund, 1985.9
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Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1985.9
On View
Not on viewA comedy written by Madame Favart and first presented in 1762, Annette et Lubin was based upon the actual story of a young peasant couple that had elected to live outside civilization, in nature and poverty. Debucourt's print illustrates scene XVI from the play, with the now aged couple portrayed in the ornamental device below. Half the profit from the sale of the first three hundred impressions of this print was dedicated to their benefit.
Exhibitions
Philibert-Louis Debucourt
1817
Object number: 1992.236
