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La fontaine (The Fountain)

Charles-Nicholas Cochin (French, 1715-1790)LinkedCulture matchlcp-18674d28ab15

Date: 1739
Medium: Etching with Engraving on ivory laid paper
Culture: France
Department: Prints and Drawings
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 148400

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In 1752 Charles Nicholas Cochin became the guardian of the King's drawing collection and in 1755 the secretary of the Royal Academy, where he worked closely with the still-life and genre artist Jean Simeon Chardin to hang the annual Salons.

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Credit line: Elizabeth Gott Templeton Endowment

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Object type: AAT300041273

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Ornithological Studies and Depictions
These objects are connected by their detailed artistic representations of various bird species, primarily created as naturalistic studies in 18th-century France and America.
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