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A. Duval

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A. Duval was an artist and engraver active in France from 1769 to 1801.

Works

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A dungeon, watercolor, 1769.

Duval's earliest known work is a highly detailed watercolor of a dungeon, signed and dated 1769. A later watercolor of a dungeon is signed and dated 1773.[1] A drawing of a "design for the top and side of an oval, enamelled, gold, neo-classical snuffbox," at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, bears an identical signature and the date 1770.[2][3]

Engravings of Duval's depictions of French furniture were published by Jean-François Daumont [fr] in Paris, c.1770.[4][5][6][7]

His engravings of architectural studies by Juste-Nathan François Boucher [fr] (also called Boucher fils), published by Jacques-François Chéreau [fr] around 1775, include a stylized and dated signature "ADUVAL fecit 1774" with conjoined letters A and D.[4][8][9][10]

Four architectural studies of tombs drawn and engraved by the artist (inscribed "Duval inv. sculp. 1775") are cited by Jessen.[4][11]

Later works include his engravings after illustrations by Antoine-Denis Chaudet, François Gérard, Jean-Guillaume Moitte, and Nicolas-Antoine Taunay for the first volume of the complete Oeuvres de Jean Racine published by Pierre Didot in Paris in 1801.[12]

In museums

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A. Duval's engravings are conserved at the Metropolitan Museum in New York,[13] the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,[14] the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam,[15] and in Paris at the Louvre[16] and the Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art (INHA).[17]

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References

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  1. ^ "3212 CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, DUNGEONS, WATERCOLOR". michaans.com. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  2. ^ "Design Duval 1770". collections.vam.ac.uk. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  3. ^ The V&A's online note for the snuffbox design expresses some uncertainty about the identification of the artist: "The precise identity of Duval is unclear. Two Duvals, both without other recorded names [though the first has a recorded initial], are possible candidates; they were respectively an engraver (e.g. after Boucher in 1774) [i.e., A. Duval] and an architect (active at Versailles c.1780)." Further details about this architect have not been traced.
  4. ^ a b c Thieme, p. 238.
  5. ^ Guilemard, pp. 185 and 231.
  6. ^ Jessen, pp. 12 and 142.
  7. ^ Delafosse, cahier Q.
  8. ^ Guilemard, p. 231.
  9. ^ Jessen, p. 14.
  10. ^ Boucher, three unpaginated images.
  11. ^ Jessen, p. 238.
  12. ^ "Oeuvres de Jean Racine". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  13. ^ "Interiors, Furniture, Altars, Second Series". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  14. ^ "A. Duval, Canapé". emuseum.mfah.org. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  15. ^ "Bank, anonymous, after A. Duval, 1745-1775". www.rijksmuseum.nl. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  16. ^ "DUVAL A." collections.louvre.fr. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  17. ^ "IIIe volume de l'Oeuvre de J. Ch. Delafosse, cahier Q". bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr. Retrieved July 27, 2024.

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