Art Talk Live: Precious Deception — The Illegal Use of Gold Leaf in an 18th-Century Color Print

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Thursday, October 8, 2020, 2:00pm - 2:30pm

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Gazette Classification: Art/Design Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art
Museums Speaker(s): <strong>Margaret Morgan Grasselli</strong>
<em>Visiting Senior Scholar for Drawings, Harvard Art Museums, and
Visiting Lecturer, History of Art and Architecture, Harvard
University</em> Cost: Free Ticket Web Link: This talk will take place
online via Zoom. To join, follow this link:
https://harvard.zoom.us/j/91853149075 (pre-registration not required).
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"The Woman Taking Coffee," with its printed gold-leaf frame, was made
by Louis-Marin Bonnet, one of the most gifted and innovative producers
of full-color prints in 18th-century France. However, the inclusion of
gold leaf in the print was illegal. In this talk, visiting senior
scholar Margaret Morgan Grasselli will discuss Bonnet's elaborate
efforts to conceal his authorship, pretending that the print had
originated in England and had been made by a mysterious artist named
"L. Marin."

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Thursday, October 8, 2020 - 14:00 to 14:30

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