Le Négociant Ambulant (The Itinerant Merchant)
François-Robert Ingouf, French, 1747 - 1812
after Sigmund Freudeberg, Swiss, 1745 - 1801
1777 (after 1770 design)
Etching and engraving on paper
Image: 9 1/16 × 19 1/8 in. (23 × 48.5 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 12 3/4 in. (29.2 × 32.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Adelbert Ames Fine Arts Awards Fund
2007.39.8
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, in plate, lower right margin: Ingouf Junior Sculp 1777; titled, in plate, lower center margin: LE NEGOCIANT AMBULANT; inscribed, in plate, lower left margin: Freudeberg Inv. et del 1770.; inscribed, in plate lower left: Dedie a Monsieur Rolland de Villarceaux / Receveur General des finances de la Generalite de Riom; inscribed, in plate, lower left margin: A Paris ches Buldet rue de Gesvres .; inscribed, in plate, lower right margin: Par son tres humble et tre obeissans Serviteur Buldes.; inscribed, in plate, lower center margin: [coat of arms with two dogs flanking a crowned shield]; inscribed, in graphite, on reverse: [illegible script]
Course History
HIST 47, The French Revolution, Darrin McMahon, Spring 2019
History 47.02, The French Revolution, Darrin McMahon, Spring 2023
Provenance
A Private Collection of Prints, Oil Paintings, Watercolours, and Drawings, lot 430, Bloomsbury Auctions, London, Thursday, April 19, 2007; sold to present collection, 2007.
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