Prologue de Psyché, Molière - L. Cars Engraving after Boucher
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Original engraving printed in sanguine for the prologue of Molière's Psyché, invented and drawn by François Boucher and cut by Laurent Cars, with the imprint "Imp. Eudes, Paris". Venus descends among the clouds above a group of figures in court dress.
Original engraving printed in sanguine for the prologue of Molière's Psyché, invented and drawn by François Boucher and cut by Laurent Cars, with the imprint "Imp. Eudes, Paris". Venus descends among the clouds above a group of figures in court dress.
It belongs to the series of thirty-three illustrations Boucher designed for the 1734 Œuvres de Molière, engraved by Laurent Cars and Pierre Chedel. This example is a 19th-century impression in sanguine, printed by the Eudes press in Paris.
Medium: Etching and engraving, printed in sanguine.
Artist / after: François Boucher (1703-1770).
Engraver: Laurent Cars (1699-1771).
Date: 19th-century impression (copper of 1734).
Source: Œuvres de Molière. Imp. Eudes, Paris.
Dimensions: Plate mark 9.7 x 6.9 in (24.7 x 17.5 cm); sheet 14.4 x 9.8 in (36.5 x 25 cm).
Condition: Good impression. Foxing scattered through the margins of the sheet, outside the image.
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Original engraving printed in sanguine for the prologue of Molière's Psyché, invented and drawn by François Boucher and cut by Laurent Cars, with the imprint "Imp. Eudes, Paris". Venus descends among the clouds above a group of figures in court dress.