Les Fourberies de Scapin - Engraving by Laurent Cars after Boucher
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Original copper engraving printed in sanguine with a scene from Molière's "Les Fourberies de Scapin", showing Scapin and his accomplices before old Géronte. Lettered below "Inv. et dessiné par F. Boucher" and "gravé par Lau. Cars", with the imprint "Imp. Eudes, Paris".
Original copper engraving printed in sanguine with a scene from Molière's "Les Fourberies de Scapin", showing Scapin and his accomplices before old Géronte. Lettered below "Inv. et dessiné par F. Boucher" and "gravé par Lau. Cars", with 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.
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 a scene from Molière's "Les Fourberies de Scapin", showing Scapin and his accomplices before old Géronte. Lettered below "Inv. et dessiné par F. Boucher" and "gravé par Lau. Cars", with the imprint "Imp. Eudes, Paris".