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A Picnic Party

Former Attribution Formerly attributed to Bernard Picart French
1716
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A Picnic Party
  • Artist: Claude Simpol (French, Clamecy 1666–1716 Paris)
  • Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Bernard Picart (French, Paris 1673–1733 Amsterdam)
  • Date: 1716
  • Medium: Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash, heightened with white, over traces of graphite; contours incised
  • Dimensions: 2 15/16 x 4 3/8 in. (7.5 x 11.1 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1963
  • Object Number: 63.167.6
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Tête à Tête, Claude Simpol French, Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash, heightened with white, over traces of graphite; contours incised
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Ladies Bathing, Claude Simpol French, Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash, heightened with white, over traces of graphite; contours incised
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