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Le feu d'Artifice

Fireworks on the occasion of the birth of the Dauphin Louis-Joseph
Lost Art-ID
617673
Artist / Creator
Moreau, Jean Michel
Birth
1741.03.26, Paris
Death
1814.11.30, Paris
Place of activity
St. Petersburg; Paris
Artist / Creator
Moreau-Desproux, Pierre Louis
Birth
1727, Paris
Death
1794.07.09, Paris
Place of activity
Rom; Paris; Fontainebleau; Faverolles (Somme)
Title
Le feu d'Artifice
Additional title
Fireworks on the occasion of the birth of the Dauphin Louis-Joseph
Dating
1782
Object type
Print
Group of reported objects
Graphic
Material / Technique
Paper / printed (copper engraving)
Height
51.80 cm
Width
74.90 cm
Inventory number
III 3454
Description

A crowd watches the fireworks from the grandstand of l'Hôtel de Ville and from the banks of the Seine.

Inscription: Inventé par P. L. Moreau .../ Dessiné d'après nature et gravé par J.M. Moreau .../ LE FEU D'ARTIFICE / Fêtes donnés au Roi et à la Reine, par la Ville de Paris / Le 21 Janvier 1782 à l'occasion de la Naissance de Monseigneur le Dauphin.

Obverse: [in pencil top left:] 167 [in pencil bottom left:] 46. V.

Reverse: [in pencil in purple top left:] 226 [next to it in pencil:] 43) [in pencil top right:] 10.

[Stamped lower right in blue:] Stamp of the Hans Freiherr von und zu Aufsess Collection, Nuremberg (in Lugt: L.2749) [below in pencil illegible notation]

Provenance

[...]: Hans Freiherr von und zu Aufsess Collection, Nuremberg (L.2749)

[...] - 1938: probably stock Hugo Helbing, Munich (unclear circumstances of acquisition).

12.05.1938: Acquired by purchase from Hugo Helbing, Munich.

Literature / Source
Zugangsinventarbuch, Zugangsnummer 1938/229
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