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La Cuisinière
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The Cook
La Cuisinière
Giovanni David (Italian, 1749–1790)
1775
Medium/Technique
Etching and aquatint
Dimensions
Sheet: 38.8 x 27.4 cm (15 1/4 x 10 13/16 in.)
Platemark: 23.9 x 16.6 cm (9 7/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Platemark: 23.9 x 16.6 cm (9 7/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession Number1972.417
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Grasso (Schleier) I09a (second state, with aquatint); Le Blanc 10
Marks
Verso, upper center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
InscriptionsRecto, bottom center of sheet, in pencil, "9"
ProvenanceGirolamo Durazzo (1739-1809)(Genoese nobleman for whom the series was created)(his bookplate on inside front cover of folio); his descendants in Genoa; R.M. Light & Co., Inc., Boston; from whom purchased June 7, 1972