L'Amour Médecin, Molière - Laurent Cars Engraving after Boucher
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Original engraving in sanguine for Molière's L'Amour médecin, with Lucinde and Sganarelle in an interior hung with curtains. It belongs to the series of thirty-three images that Laurent Cars engraved after drawings by François Boucher.
Original engraving in sanguine for Molière's L'Amour médecin, with Lucinde and Sganarelle in an interior hung with curtains. It belongs to the series of thirty-three images that Laurent Cars engraved after drawings by François Boucher.
The series first appeared in the Œuvres de Molière published in Paris in 1734, with Boucher's illustrations engraved by Laurent Cars and Pierre Quentin Chedel. The original black chalk and wash drawings are kept in the manuscripts department of the National Library of France.
Medium: Etching and engraving, printed in sanguine.
Artist / after: François Boucher (1703-1770).
Engraver: Laurent Cars (1699-1771).
Date: Copper of 1734; 19th-century impression by the Eudes press, Paris.
Source: Œuvres de Molière.
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: Foxing scattered in the margins and on the backing sheet; the image is clean.
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Original engraving in sanguine for Molière's L'Amour médecin, with Lucinde and Sganarelle in an interior hung with curtains. It belongs to the series of thirty-three images that Laurent Cars engraved after drawings by François Boucher.