LA SCULPTURE / LA PEINTURE
date: label: Date
content: mid- 18th–late 18th century
name: label: Print Maker
content: Jacques Bacheley, French, 1712 – 1781
label: After
content: Gravelot, French, 1699 - 1773, active in England
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Second plate from a series of fifteen depicting children and the sciences, framed within decorative rococo cartouches, two per plate, side-by-side. The series is incomplete here. The left-hand scene shows a boy sculpting a portrait bust with other sculptures in the background. The right-hand scene shows a boy painting a portrait of a girl, who is seated in front of him. The canvas is on an easel, they sit in an interior with another figure to the right. The titles are lettered above each cartouche, the plate is signed and numbered.
place: 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: 1921-6-349-14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: etching on paper