L'Amour jouant de l'Haut bois champêtre (Cupid Playing the Oboe), from Suite d'estampes gravées par madame la marquise de Pompadour d'après les pierres gravées de Guay, graveur du Roi

After Jacques Guay French
After François Boucher French
ca. 1755
Not on view

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  • Title: L'Amour jouant de l'Haut bois champêtre (Cupid Playing the Oboe), from Suite d'estampes gravées par madame la marquise de Pompadour d'après les pierres gravées de Guay, graveur du Roi
  • Series/Portfolio: Suite d'estampes gravées par madame la marquise de Pompadour d'après les pierres gravées de Guay, graveur du Roi
  • Artist: Madame la Marquise de Pompadour (French, Paris 1721–1764 Versailles)
  • Artist: After Jacques Guay (French, Marseille 1711–1793 Paris)
  • Artist: After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1755
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 4 1/4 in. (13 × 10.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Robert Hartshorne, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.33(17)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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