A la pagode (At the pagode), Trade card of Edme Gersaint

Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus French

1740

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Boucher designed this trade card for the merchant Gersaint (1694–1750) in 1740. Gersaint’s shop on the Pont Notre-Dame specialized in curios from the Far East, natural-history specimens, and various decorative and utilitarian objects. From the sale of Boucher’s estate, we know that he had extensive collections of shells and Chinese porcelain and was thus himself presumably a customer of the shop.

The card functions, in a sense, as publicity for both men as Boucher was, at the same moment, a catalyst and leading figure in the growing taste for chinoiserie (European images of China). His drawings, prints, and tapestries spread the aesthetic throughout France and beyond.

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Title: A la pagode (At the pagode), Trade card of Edme Gersaint
Artist: Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus (French, Paris 1692–1765 Paris)
Artist: After François Boucher (French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris)
Date: 1740
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: Height: 11 1/8 in. (28.2 cm)
Width: 7 7/16 in. (18.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Funds from various donors, 2024
Object Number: 2024.243
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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