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Creation Date
Reprint of 1774 original
Geography
Paris, France
Culture
French
Medium
Hand-colored engraving
Dimensions
With frame: 17 13/16 × 13 × 11/16 in. (45.2 × 33 × 1.7 cm)
Credit Line
Long-term Loan from the Estate of Boris Blick, 2015
Accession Number
2015.88
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings
Written in what has been egraved to look like a plaque below the scene, upper center: "A PROMENADE DU SOIR."; lower left, "Jeanes Beautés qui fuyez l'esclavage , . Vous pouvez écouter des propos séducteurs :"; parallel on lower right, "Mais d'un Bouquet n'acceptez point l'hommage , / Souvent l'Amour s'est caché dans le fleurs."
Beneath image, lower left: "I.H.E. inv.S.Freudeberg del."; lower right, "Ingouf junior Sculp, 1774"
Back of frame, lower center: "PICTURE FRAMING PICTURES / GARLOCK ART SHOP / OIL PAINTINGS CLEANED & RESTORED / Phone JE 5-9851 / 10 W. Market St. Akron 8, O." These words are bordered by fleurs-de-lis.
Creator Biography
François Robert Ingouf, French, 1747–1812 (engraver).
Sigmond Freudeberg, Swiss, 1745–1801 (drawer of original).
Description
Outdoor garden scene of a man offering a woman a bouquet as her attendant and dog stand to the side. The wealthy couple is surrounded by blooming flowers and classical stone work.
From Series ''His Country's Call," Versailles