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Un Concert (A Concert) / G Texier [artwork]

Title: Un Concert (A Concert) [artwork]
Artist: Texier, G., ca. 1750-until at least 1824
Genre: artwork
Date Created: ca. 1792
Physical Description: 11 3/4 x 16 3/8 inches (30.0 x 41.5 cm.); plate impression: 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches (19.7 x 24.0 cm.)
Artist notes: after a painting by Gerard Pietersz. van Zyl, called Geraers or Gerards Geraers, portrait and genre painter, 1607-1665
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: draughtsman and etcher
Original artist: Zyl, Gerard Pietersz. van, 1607-1665, called Geraers or Gerards Geraers
Inscription: Recto: l. l.: (just beneath image) Guerards Pinxit. ; l. r.: (just beneath image) G. Texier Sculp. ; bottom center: (coat of arms with fleur de lis surmounted by a sun and a crown, on either side of which is an inscription) Tiré du Cabinet de Mr. le Brun. / D'après le Tableau Original de Guerards de la Grandeur de 10 pouces sur 12 de large. / A Paris chez Chereau rue des Mathurins au coin de celle de Sorbonne. ; u. l.: (in pencil) No 3 ; l. l.: (in pencil) bp ; verso: u. r.: (in pencil) 16 ; u. r.: (along edge, in pencil) Clark Sep. 1923 / $4 00
Medium: Etching.
Condition: Etching itself is in good condition. Tiny brown stain on right shoulder of woman seated in center. A few small edge tears at top and bottom edges of sheet. Surface dirt and some stains in margins. Lower left corner of sheet missing. Adhesive tape stains at upper left and right corners of sheet.
Provenance: The Arthur H. Clark Company, Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 1923.
Instrument: Recorder?, Guitar
Related names: Le Brun, Jean-Baptiste-Pierre, 1748-1813
Century: 18th century
Subjects: Music lesson; Musical group
Miller category: Works of art - - Groups of Musicians Indoors
Miller ID: 0016/N
Repository: Music Division, Library of Congress

Last Updated: 07-07-2010

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