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The Love Note (Le billet doux)

Nicolas Delaunay

French, 1739–1792

After Niclas Lafrensen, the younger, (Swedish, 1737–1807)

The Love Note (Le billet doux)

1778

Medium engraving on paper
Dimensions image: 15 1/4 x 11 15/16 in. (38.7 x 30.3 cm) plate: 18 1/2 x 13 13/16 in. (47 x 35.1 cm) sheet: 26 7/8 x 20 3/16 in. (68.3 x 51.3 cm)
Object Number 1955.2619
Acquisition Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status Off View

Image Caption

Nicolas Delaunay, The Love Note (Le billet doux), 1778, engraving on paper. Clark Art Institute, 1955.2619

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.

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