The Useless Operation

Art

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The Printing Museum

Name/Title

The Useless Operation

Description

Engraving by Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet (French, Abbeville 1731-1797). Titled, The Useless Operation, after David Teniers the Younger (Flemish, Antwerp 1610-1690 Brussels). Framed. Text reads "L'operation Inutile..."

Made/Created

Artist

Beauvarlet, Jacques Firmin

Time Period

18th Century

Exhibition

Heaven, Earth, and the Underworld: Old Master Prints from the Permanent Collection

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Label

The Useless Operation, c. 18th century Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet (French, Abbeville 1731–1797) after David Teniers the Younger (Flemish, Antwerp 1610–1690 Brussels) Engraving Inscription: below image, “L’OPERATION INUTILE / En faisant extirper de ton front les Verrues, / Envain, pauvre Mari, tu voudrois et tu crois, / Empecher pour toujours qu’on ne te moutre aux doigts; / Tu n’en seras pas moins reconnu dans nos Rues. / á Paris chés Bas’an” The Printing Museum, Bader Collection 2000.013.07