The Contradance
PrintsFrench18th century

The Contradance

18th century

Artists

Etienne BrionArtist
Jean-Antoine WatteauArtist after
Classification
Prints
Technique
Etching and engraving
Culture
French
Century
18th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Prints

Dimensions

sheet: 47 × 62.5 cm (18 1/2 × 24 5/8 in.) plate: 39.1 × 44.9 cm (15 3/8 × 17 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, Eaton Hall, Cheshire, by 1884, by descent, sold [through Christie's, London, July 15, 2015, lot 172]; to private collection, United Kingdom, sold [through C. G. Boerner LLC, New York], to; Harvard Art Museums, 2017

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