PrintsFrench18th century

The House of Cards

1743

Artists

François-Bernard LépiciéArtist

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon ChardinArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching and engraving

Medium

Etching and engraving on cream antique laid paper

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 21.7 × 30.3 cm (8 9/16 × 11 15/16 in.) sheet: 24.9 cm (9 13/16 in.)

Provenance

[Sylvie Collignon, Paris], sold; to [Hill-Stone, Inc., South Dartmouth, MA], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016.

Related Artworks

Prints

Bon Voyage

Benoît Audran the Younger, 18th century

18th centuryFrench

Prints

Religion

Gérard Audran, 1655-1703

17th-18th centuryFrench

Prints

Death of Sapphira

Louis Audran, 18th century

18th centuryFrench

Prints

The Swing

Louis Crépy, 18th century

18th centuryFrench

Prints

Pastoral Amusements

Benoît Audran the Younger, 18th century

18th centuryFrench

Prints

Folly

Pierre Alexandre Aveline, c. 1737

18th centuryFrench

Prints

Disgust

Benoît Audran the Younger, 18th century

18th centuryFrench

Prints

Andromeda

François Boucher, 1734

Etching and engraving on cream antique laid paper

18th centuryFrench

Prints

Law

Gérard Audran, 1655-1703

17th-18th centuryFrench

Prints

Harlequin, Pierrot, and Scapin

Louis Surugue, 1719

18th centuryFrench

Prints

Shepherd Playing a Flute, next to a Shepherdess

Louis Crépy, 18th century

18th centuryFrench

Prints

Standing Pierrot

Louis Crépy, 18th century

18th centuryFrench