Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, Moliere - Engraving by Laurent Cars after Boucher
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Original copper engraving printed in sanguine with the scene from Molière's "Mr de Pourceaugnac". Lettered below "Inv. et dessiné par F. Boucher" at the left and "Gravé par Lau. Cars" at the right, and beneath them the imprint "Imp. Eudes, Paris".
Original copper engraving printed in sanguine with the scene from Molière's "Mr de Pourceaugnac". Lettered below "Inv. et dessiné par F. Boucher" at the left and "Gravé par Lau. Cars" at the right, and beneath them the imprint "Imp. Eudes, Paris".
The compositions of François Boucher engraved by Laurent Cars for the 1734 Œuvres de Molière are the most celebrated illustrated cycle of 18th-century French theater, and they fixed the image of these characters for generations.
Medium: Copper engraving printed in sanguine.
Artist / after: François Boucher (1703-1770).
Engraver / lithographer: Laurent Cars (1699-1771).
Source: Œuvres de Molière; printed by the Eudes press, Paris.
Dimensions: Plate mark 6.8 x 9.7 in (17.2 x 24.7 cm); sheet 14.4 x 9.8 in (36.5 x 25 cm).
Condition: Thick paper with wide margins, with light scattered foxing.
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Original copper engraving printed in sanguine with the scene from Molière's "Mr de Pourceaugnac". Lettered below "Inv. et dessiné par F. Boucher" at the left and "Gravé par Lau. Cars" at the right, and beneath them the imprint "Imp. Eudes, Paris".