The Enchanted Fountain of Love's Truth (La Fontaine Enchantée de la Verité d'Amour)

Etcher Augustin de Saint-Aubin French

Engraver Charles François Adrien Macret French

after Charles Nicolas Cochin II French

ca. 1783

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Title: The Enchanted Fountain of Love's Truth (La Fontaine Enchantée de la Verité d'Amour)
Etcher: Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, Paris 1736–1807 Paris)
Engraver: Charles François Adrien Macret (French, Abbeville 1751–1789 Paris)
Artist: after Charles Nicolas Cochin II (French, Paris 1715–1790 Paris)
Date: ca. 1783
Medium: Etching and engraving (state before dedication)
Dimensions: sheet: 11 1/4 x 13 3/8 in. (28.5 x 34 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Object Number: 2012.136.162
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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