This and 9 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Floral Bouquets Designs.

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1920

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2016

2024

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Print, Belle de Jour

This is a Print. It was designed by Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin and published by Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau and drafted by Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin and dedicatee: Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour. It is dated 1757–68 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, lower center: Belle de Jour; numbered lower right: 23

Cite this object as

Print, Belle de Jour; Designed by Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin (French, 1721–1786); Published by Geneviève-Marguerite Chéreau (French, active 1755-1768); Dedicatee: Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (French, 1721 – 1764); France; etching on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-498-10

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