Dame prenant son thé (Woman Taking Tea)

Pierre Filloeul (French, 1696–after 1754)

Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin (French, 1699–1779)

1749

Medium/TechniqueEngraving on dark cream antique laid paper

DimensionsOverall: 27.7 x 30.9cm (10 7/8 x 12 3/16in.)

Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession numberB1471

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InscriptionsQue le jeune Damis seroit heureux, Climène, Si cette bouillante liqueur, Pouvoit échauffer votre coeur, Et si le sucre avoit la vertue souveraine D'adoucir ce qu'en votre humeur, Cet amant trouve de rigueur. [How happy young Damis would be, Climène, If this boiling liquor Could warm your heart, And if sugar had the supreme power Of sweetening in your mood The sternness that suitor finds.]

ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock (1826-1899, Paris, Lugt 208); by whom given to MFA June 12, 1900