Le Bourgeois Gentil-Homme, from "Gravures de Boucher pour les Oeuvres de Molière (Figures de Boucher pour Molière)"

After François Boucher French
mid-18th century
Not on view

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  • Title: Le Bourgeois Gentil-Homme, from "Gravures de Boucher pour les Oeuvres de Molière (Figures de Boucher pour Molière)"
  • Series/Portfolio: Gravures de Boucher pour les Oeuvres de Molière (Figures de Boucher pour Molière)
  • Artist: Laurent Cars (French, Lyons 1699–1771 Paris)
  • Artist: Quentin Pierre Chedel (French, Châlons-en-Champagne 1705–1763 Châlons-en-Champagne)
  • Artist: After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris)
  • Date: mid-18th century
  • Medium: Etching; proof before letters
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 6 in. (21.8 x 15.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1942
  • Object Number: 42.24(65)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Laurent Cars - Le Bourgeois Gentil-Homme, from "Gravures de Boucher pour les Oeuvres de Molière (Figures de Boucher pour Molière)" - The Metropolitan Museum of Art