La fontaine (The Fountain)

Art Institute of Chicago

La fontaine (The Fountain)

Charles-Nicholas Cochin (French, 1715-1790)

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

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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Object type
AAT300041273

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