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Leçon d'amour

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Philippe-Auguste Hennequin
1762-1833

Leçon d'amour

[Tournay : s.n., 1825]
lithograph
sheet: 288 x 470 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2583
Notes
Lithograph published in an album of lithographic plates by Hennequin entitled: Recueil d'esquisses et de fragmens de compositions, tirés du portefeuille de Mr. Hennequin, peintre d'histoire, contenant un choix de sujets dans le style grec, romain et moderne lythographiés par lui (Tournay : Chez Payen-Allard : De l'imprimerie de Ch. Casterman-Dieu, 1825).
Signed within the stone at lower left: Hennequin del. & lith.; at lower right: Lith. de C. Aubry.
Inscriptions/Markings
Blind stamp with the artist's monogram at lower right.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows a young woman crowned with a wreath seated in a classical interior at a table and writing as a cherub at her side guides her hand.

Associated names
Aubry, Charles, active 1818-1837, lithographer.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints