Creator Biography
François Robert Ingouf, French, 1747–1812 (engraver).
Sigmond Freudeberg, Swiss, 1745–1801 (drawer of original).
Preview
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
Gift in Loving Memory of Boris Blick & Judith Rosenbloom Blick by their daughter Sarah Blick, 2024
Accession Number
2015.88
Provenance
According to Professor Sarah Blick, this print was possibly purchased by Boris Blick from Stagecoach Antiques (now closed) in Akron, Ohio.
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.
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.
According to the information provided for similar prints at the British Museum (1925,0114.9) and Art Institute Chicago (1926.950), this print is from the series Monument du Costume Physique et Moral de la fin du Dix-huitième siècle.