Magicien Chinois
date: label: Date
content: 1738-1745
name: label: Designer
content: François Boucher, French, 1703–1770
label: Print Maker
content: Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, French, 1715–1783
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Plate printed with an older man dressed in Chinese costume (chinoiserie) sitting under a palm tree and holding a snake that is wrapped across his shoulders. In the background is a pagoda; at the man's feet is a teapot and a parasol. Under the parasol, Perroneau has etched his name. The plate is signed and numbered.
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-246-5
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper