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The sick cat

The sick cat
(Le Chat malade)
 (1731)

Medium
etching
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1925
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
etching
Measurements
32.5 × 26.0 cm (image) 38.2 × 28.0 cm (plate) 52.0 × 42.5 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Humbert, Revilliod & Tilanus 4; Dacier & Vuaflart 32
Printing/Publishing
published by La veuve Chéreau, Paris
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Peint par A. Watteau.
printed in ink l.r.: Gravé par J. E Liotard.
printed in ink l.c.: LE CHAT MALADE / (three verses of French text)
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: Se vend a Paris rüe S.t (t in superscript above . ) Jacques aux 2. pilliers s’Or avec privilégé du Roy.
Accession Number
1519-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1925
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Animals Another Work Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
domestic cat (species) illness men (male humans) reproductive prints robes (main garments) women (female humans)

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