Le Couché de la Mariée (The Sleep of the Bride)

Etched by Moreau le Jeune and engraved by Jean Baptiste Blaise Simonet.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Le Couché de la Mariée (The Sleep of the Bride)
  • Artist: Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, Paris 1741–1814 Paris)
  • Artist: Jean-Baptiste-Blaise Simonet (French, Paris 1742–after 1813)
  • Artist: After Pierre Antoine Baudouin (French, Paris 1723–1769 Paris)
  • Date: 1768
  • Medium: Etching and engraving; fifth state of five [?] (Bocher)
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 15/16 in. (40.5 × 32.8 cm) trimmed
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1966
  • Object Number: 67.630.90
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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