La fontaine (The Fountain)
Charles-Nicholas Cochin, the youngerWW-1739-115905
1739·Etching with Engraving on ivory laid paper·Plate: 28 × 31.2 cm (11 1/16 × 12 5/16 in.); Sheet: 38.9 × 51.4 cm (15 3/8 × 20 1/4 in.)
<p>In 1752 Charles Nicholas Cochin became the guardian of the King's drawing collection and in 1755 the secretary of the Royal Academy, where he worked closely with the still-life and genre artist Jean Simeon Chardin to hang the annual Salons.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1739
- Dimensions
- Plate: 28 × 31.2 cm (11 1/16 × 12 5/16 in.); Sheet: 38.9 × 51.4 cm (15 3/8 × 20 1/4 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist
Charles-Nicholas Cochin, the younger
Printmaking
Charles-Nicholas Cochin, the younger
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- 1739
- Dimensions
- Plate: 28 × 31.2 cm (11 1/16 × 12 5/16 in.); Sheet: 38.9 × 51.4 cm (15 3/8 × 20 1/4 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1739-115905
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified