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Pierre-Philippe Choffard (1730 - 1809), engraver
The Discovery or Lovers Interrupted
Inscription: A Monsieur Pierre Joseph Victor de Besenval Baron de Bronnstatt, and croix de l'Ordre Royal et Militaire de St. Louis, Lieutenant général des Armées du Roy, Inspecteur general des Regimens et Grisons, Gouverneur de la Ville d'Haguenau en Alsace, Lieutenant Colonel du Regiment des Gardes Suisses. Par son très humble et très obeissant Serviteur Chossard [last line from 'Par ...' is partially covered when the work is framed]
Museum number: P364
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Curatorial note
This engraving is the pair to P363 and is also after a gouache attributed to Pierre-Antoine Baudouin although the artist's name is not recorded on the print. Baudouin was a pupil of celebrated French roccoco painter François Boucher, whose younger daughter he married in 1758.
Soane's inventories give this work the title recorded here but the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, records the title as La Rèprimande [The reprimand].
The original drawing in black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolour and gouache, was sold at Christie's (Old Master Drawings sale 5228, 25 April 2007, Lot 407) under the title Les Amants Suprisés [The Lovers surprised].
Soane's inventories give this work the title recorded here but the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, records the title as La Rèprimande [The reprimand].
The original drawing in black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolour and gouache, was sold at Christie's (Old Master Drawings sale 5228, 25 April 2007, Lot 407) under the title Les Amants Suprisés [The Lovers surprised].
Associated items
P363, pair
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