id:			109179
accession number:	1927.334
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1927.334
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:09.095000

Rural Recreation, 1769. Jean Baptiste Le Prince (French, 1734–1781). Etching and aquatint; sheet: 58.5 x 43.5 cm (23 1/16 x 17 1/8 in.); platemark: 37.7 x 29.8 cm (14 13/16 x 11 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1927.334

title:				Rural Recreation
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creation date:			1769
creation date earliest:		1769
creation date latest:		1769
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creditline:			Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	etching and aquatint
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Le Blanc, vol. II, p. 539, no. 45  (Inventiare du Fonds Français 131)

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CREATORS

* Jean Baptiste Le Prince (French, 1734–1781)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 58.5 x 43.5 cm (23 1/16 x 17 1/8 in.); Platemark: 37.7 x 29.8 cm (14 13/16 x 11 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		40th Anniversary Exhibition of the Print Club of Cleveland
	opening date:   1959-12-03T05:00:00
	<i>40th Anniversary Exhibition of the Print Club of Cleveland</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 3, 1959-January 20, 1960).

	title:		Highlights of the Rococo: Norweb Ceramics and Related Arts
	opening date:   1983-11-08T05:00:00
	<i>Highlights of the Rococo: Norweb Ceramics and Related Arts</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 8, 1983-June 3, 1984).

	title:		Inventive Impressions:  18th- and 19-Century French Prints
	opening date:   2001-08-26T00:00:00
	<i>Inventive Impressions:  18th- and 19-Century French Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001).

	title:		Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings
	opening date:   2016-07-16T04:00:00
	<i>Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"Eighteenth Century Decorative Prints." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 15, no. 7 (July 1928): 148-152
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 149; Reproduced: p. 152
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137139

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