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Decoration and Plan for the Gambling Party Held by the King and Queen in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles on the Occasion of the Second Marriage of the Dauphin, February 9, 1747

Artist Charles-Nicholas Cochin the Younger (French, 1715 - 1790)

CultureFrench

Dateca.1745

MediumEtching and engraving on laid paper

DimensionsOverall: 18 1/4 x 30 in. (46.4 x 76.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number93.16.4

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DescriptionThis is one of five 18th century French Festival Etchings. It is one of 2 prints commemorating the celebrations connected with the Dauphin's second marriage in 1747 and the birth ofhis own son in 1751. This print is the 1st state (proof impression, pulled before the inscriptions were added). It is an etching with some engraving.

Label TextCharles-Nicholas Cochin the Younger French (1715-1790) Decoration and Plan for the Gambling Party Held by the King and Queen in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles on the Occasion of the Second Marriage of the Dauphin, February 9, 1747, 1747 Etching with engraving Museum purchase 93.16.4 Cochin ranked among the premier print makers in mid-18th-century France. As designer and engraver to the Menus-Plaisirs-the part of the king's staff responsible for official state ceremonies-he became the great chronicler of royal events during the reign of Louis XV. Louis XV's son-Louis, Dauphin of France (1729-1765)-married María Teresa Rafaela of Spain in 1745. The marriage lasted only seventeen months-until July 1746, when she died in childbirth. Within a year he married again, this time to Marie-Josephe of Saxony. As seen in Cochin's print, the Dauphin's second marriage was celebrated at Versailles with a lavish gambling party presided over by Louis XV himself. This print is a rare proof impression, made before the inscription was added at the lower edge. Edited By: DS Edited Date: 08/2005 Approved By: MHM Approval Date: 10/13/2005Exhibition History"France Delineated: French Works on Paper, 1650-1920," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, July 13 - September 12, 1993. "Treasures for the Community: The Chrysler Collects, 1989-1996," October 25, 1996 - February 16, 1997