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Charles-Nicholas Cochin, the younger

The Fountain

1739
Engraving on paper
28 × 31.2 cm (11 × 12.3 in)

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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.

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