PrintsFrench18th century

When Marriage Sleeps, Love Awakens

c. 1780

Artists

MauclercArtist

Jean Frédéric SchallArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Stipple engraving

Medium

Color-printed stipple engraving

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 35 × 42.5 cm (13 3/4 × 16 3/4 in.) Plate: 39.4 × 46 cm (15 1/2 × 18 1/8 in.) Sheet: 40.6 × 47.5 cm (16 × 18 11/16 in.)

Provenance

[Kennedy Gallery, New York], sold; to [Donald A. Heald Rare Books, Prints & Maps], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016

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