La fontaine (The Fountain)
1739
Charles-Nicholas Cochin (French, 1715-1790) after Jean Siméon Chardin (French, 1699-1779)
France
In 1752 Charles Nicholas Cochin became the guardian of the King's drawing collection and in 1755 the secretary of the Royal Academy, where he worked closely with the still-life and genre artist Jean Simeon Chardin to hang the annual Salons.
Etching with Engraving on ivory laid paper