Two nude children, one sleeping and the other holding a wreath, from "New Book of Children"

Pierre Alexandre Aveline French

After Edme Bouchardon French

Publisher Jacques Gabriel Huquier French

1720–60

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Artwork Details

Title: Two nude children, one sleeping and the other holding a wreath, from "New Book of Children"
Series/Portfolio: New Book of Children
(Nouveau livre d'enfans)
Artist: Pierre Alexandre Aveline (French, Paris 1702–1760 Paris)
Artist: After Edme Bouchardon (French, Chaumont 1698–1762 Paris)
Publisher: Jacques Gabriel Huquier (French, Paris 1730–1805 Shrewsbury)
Date: 1720–60
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 15 3/16 × 10 1/16 in. (38.5 × 25.6 cm)
Image: 14 5/8 in. × 10 in. (37.2 × 25.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Object Number: 53.600.2396
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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