Charles-Nicholas Cochin (French, 1715-1790)
after Jean Siméon Chardin (French, 1699-1779)
La fontaine (The Fountain)
INV-1484
Charles-Nicholas Cochin (French, 1715-1790)
after Jean Siméon Chardin (French, 1699-1779)1739
La fontaine (The Fountain)
Charles-Nicholas Cochin (French, 1715-1790) after Jean Siméon Chardin (French, 1699-1779) →engravingprint
Date
1739
Medium
Etching with Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 28 × 31.2 cm (11 1/16 × 12 5/16 in.); Sheet: 38.9 × 51.4 cm (15 3/8 × 20 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Elizabeth Gott Templeton Endowment
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.