Nicolas Delaunay
French, 1739–1792
After Jean-Honoré Fragonard, (French, 1732–1806)
The Cipher of Love (Le chiffre d'amour)
1787
| Medium | etching and engraving on laid paper |
| Dimensions | image: 11 11/16 x 9 3/8 in. (29.7 x 23.8 cm) sheet: 14 1/4 x 10 3/8 in. (36.2 x 26.4 cm) |
| Object Number | 1955.2378 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Nicolas Delaunay, The Cipher of Love (Le chiffre d'amour), 1787, etching and engraving on laid paper. Clark Art Institute, 1955.2378
Select Bibliography
Ludig, Sandra G. Between the Lines: Ladies and Letters at the Clark. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1982.
Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute.. French Eighteenth-Century Books and Their Illustrators. Sept. 29-Dec. 31, 1995.
Lawrence, Harry Walton, and B. L. Dighton. French Line Engravings of the late XVIII Century. London: Lawrence and Jellicoe, 1910.
Emile Dacier.. La gravure française.. Paris: Larousse.. [1945]..
