Photo, Print, Drawing Le Concert (The Concert)

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Title
Le Concert (The Concert)
Contributor Names
L. Provost, engraver, 19th century
Subject Headings
-  Iconography
Notes
-  after an engraving by Antoine-Jean Duclos, 1742-1795, based on a design by Augustin de Saint-Aubin, engraver and illustrator, 1736-1807
-  Recto: l. c.: (on either side of crest, in center) Le Concert. / A Madame la Comtesse de Saint Brisson; l. r.: (just beneath dedication) Par son très Humble et très Obéissant / Serviteur Duclos; l. l.: (beneath image): Aug. de St Aubin delin; l. r.: (beneath image) L. Provost sc; l. r.: (corner, in pencil) dgd / 3 00; Verso: (in pencil) u. l.: BAS 32/11 / Lowdermilk Washington / May 3, 1930 / $3 00; l. l.: C575/520
-  Oval interior with four blue-curtained windows, the curtains closed at left, opened half-way in two center windows, and raised to top of right window. Crowded scene with woman seated at white and gilded keyboard in center of room, surrounded by other musicians. Audience seated at left and right, with beautifully detailed clothing and facial features. An illusionistic ceiling is painted with clouds and putti. Principal colors: blue, yellow, orange, flesh-color, and white.
-  Included in "The Pipers: An Exhibition of Engravings, Watercolors and Lithographs from the Dayton C. Miller Collection," Library of Congress, March 1977.
-  Fine condition.
-  Lowdermilk, Washington, D.C., 3 May 1930.
Medium
Hand-colored etching and engraving. Sheet: 15 1/4 x 20 inches (38.7 x 50.2 cm.); image (approx.): 11 3/4 x 16 3/8 inches (29.9 x 41.6 cm.)
Call Number/Physical Location
Y
Repository
Music Division
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/dcmicon.0220
Description
after an engraving by Antoine-Jean Duclos, 1742-1795, based on a design by Augustin de Saint-Aubin, engraver and illustrator, 1736-1807 Recto: l. c.: (on either side of crest, in center) Le Concert. / A Madame la Comtesse de Saint Brisson; l. r.: (just beneath dedication) Par son très Humble et très Obéissant / Serviteur Duclos; l. l.: (beneath image): Aug. de St Aubin delin; l. r.: (beneath image) L. Provost sc; l. r.: (corner, in pencil) dgd / 3 00; Verso: (in pencil) u. l.: BAS 32/11 / Lowdermilk Washington / May 3, 1930 / $3 00; l. l.: C575/520 Oval interior with four blue-curtained windows, the curtains closed at left, opened half-way in two center windows, and raised to top of right window. Crowded scene with woman seated at white and gilded keyboard in center of room, surrounded by other musicians. Audience seated at left and right, with beautifully detailed clothing and facial features. An illusionistic ceiling is painted with clouds and putti. Principal colors: blue, yellow, orange, flesh-color, and white. Included in "The Pipers: An Exhibition of Engravings, Watercolors and Lithographs from the Dayton C. Miller Collection," Library of Congress, March 1977. Fine condition. Lowdermilk, Washington, D.C., 3 May 1930.

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