La Voltigeuse (Woman on a Swing)

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La Voltigeuse (Woman on a Swing)
La Voltigeuse (Woman on a Swing)
La Voltigeuse (Woman on a Swing)

La Voltigeuse (Woman on a Swing)

Maker (b. 1695, Orleans, France – d. 1772, Paris, France)
Maker (b. 1684, Valenciennes, France – d. 1721, Paris, France)
Date18th century
MediumEtching and engraving
Dimensionssheet: 27 3/16 in. x 20 3/4 in. (69.1 cm x 52.7 cm); platemark: 22 3/8 in. x 15 3/4 in. (56.8 cm x 40 cm)
ClassificationPRINTS
Credit LineGift of the Art Department Faculty in honor of Mary Cooper Jewett (Class of 1923)
Object number1958.17.b
Status
Not on view
RightsCopyright is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright laws
Photo creditDavis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
La Voltigeuse (Woman on a Swing)
Gabriel Huquierafter a design by Jean-Antoine Watteau
La Voltigeuse (Woman on a Swing)
18th century
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20th century
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1963-65
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Michael Mazur
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1963-65
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Marcantonio Raimondi
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1st quarter of the 16th century
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André KertészHyperion Press
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September 26, 1917
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Berenice Abbott
Transformation of Energy, Pendelum swing, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1958-60
Image Not Available for La Vechia rimbambita move a riso la Fanciuletta (The old woman turned infant makes the young woman laugh)
Italianafter Sofonisba Anguissola
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16th/17th century
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Pierre SoubeyranJean Daulléafter François Boucher
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1738 (left); exhibited 1757 (right)
Image Not Available for Le Retour du Baptesme (Return from the Baptism), plate IV, from "Le Mariage à la Ville" (Marriage in the City)
Abraham Bosse
Le Retour du Baptesme (Return from the Baptism), plate IV, from "Le Mariage à la Ville" (Marriage in the City)
1633
Image Not Available for La Conspiration de Catilina découverte
Jean-François Janinetafter Jean Guillaume Moitte
La Conspiration de Catilina découverte
1792
La Bascule (left), Colin-Maillard (right)
Jacques Firmin Beauvarletafter Jean-Honoré Fragonard
La Bascule (left), Colin-Maillard (right)
after 1751