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Les Plaisirs de Village (Village Pleasures) / Emmanuel-Jean-Nepomucéne de Ghendt [artwork]

Les Plaisirs de Village (Village Pleasures) [artwork]
Title
Les Plaisirs de Village (Village Pleasures) [artwork]
Artist
Ghendt, Emmanuel-Jean-Nepomucéne de, 1738-1815
Genre
artwork
Date Created
18th century
Physical Description
Sheet: 15 1/4 x 17 3/4 inches (38.6 x 45.0 cm.); plate impression: 13 5/8 x 16 1/4 inches (34.7 x 41.2 cm.)
Artist notes
after a painting by Nicolaes Berchem, called van Haarlem, landscape painter, draughtsman and etcher, 1620-1683
Artist nationality
Flemish
Artist role
draughtsman and engraver
Original artist
Berchem, Nicolaes, 1620-1683, called van Haarlem
Inscription
Recto: l. l.: Berchem pinx. ; l. r.: E. De Ghendt Sculp. ; bottom center: (a coat of arms, probably that of Monsieur Damery, is in the center beneath the image with the following text in French on either side of it) LES PLAISIRS DE VILLAGE / Ce Tableau est au Cabinet de Monsieur Damery Chevalier / de l'Ordre Royal Militaire de St. Louis. / a Paris chez aAliamet, rue des Mathurins, vis a vis celle des Masons ; verso: u. l.: (in pencil) Arthur H Clark Co / July 1930 / $8 00 ; l. r.: (in pencil) 14 x 16 7/16 ; l. l.: (in pencil) C575/539
Medium
Etching.
Condition
Fine condition. Light adhesive tape stains at upper left and right corners.
Provenance
The Arthur H. Clark Company, Cleveland, Ohio, July 1930.
Instrument
Flute
Century
18th century
Subject
Pastoral
Miller category
Miscellaneous Art (large)
Miller ID
0239/Y
Repository
Music Division, Library of Congress

Last Updated: 07-07-2010

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