Dom Juan by Moliere - Engraving by Laurent Cars after Francois Boucher
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Original copper engraving printed in sanguine with the scene of the Commander's statue from Molière's "Dom Juan ou le festin de Pierre". Signed below by François Boucher as inventor and by Laurent Cars as engraver, with the imprint "Imp. Eudes, Paris".
Original copper engraving printed in sanguine with the scene of the Commander's statue from Molière's "Dom Juan ou le festin de Pierre". Signed below by François Boucher as inventor and by Laurent Cars as engraver, 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; this scene is the most often cited of the whole set.
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 6.9 x 9.7 in (17.6 x 24.7 cm); sheet 14.4 x 9.8 in (36.5 x 25 cm).
Condition: Thick paper with wide margins, with foxing and a small cut in the left side margin held with adhesive tape, visible in the photograph and outside the image.
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Original copper engraving printed in sanguine with the scene of the Commander's statue from Molière's "Dom Juan ou le festin de Pierre". Signed below by François Boucher as inventor and by Laurent Cars as engraver, with the imprint "Imp. Eudes, Paris".