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Jean Hoüel

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (8)

A Boat That Has for Sails the Wings of a Huge Bird

1764 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

Pumpkins Used as Dwellings to Be Secure against Wild Beasts

1764 · etching

Image and Plate: 28 x 38.7 cm (11 x 15 1/4 in.); Sheet: 42 x 53.3 cm (16 9/16 x 21 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Manner of Transporting Wares on Barges Drawn by a Bellows

1764 · etching

Image and Plate: 27.8 x 38.1 cm (10 15/16 x 15 in.); Sheet: 42 x 53.1 cm (16 9/16 x 20 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Title and Dedication Page

1764 · etching

Image and Plate: 27.7 x 38.2 cm (10 7/8 x 15 1/16 in.); Sheet: 42 x 52.7 cm (16 9/16 x 20 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

A House on Water, and a New Way to Summon Geese by the Beat of a Drum

1764 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Savage mounted on a winged Serpent battling with a wild beast resembling a Porcupine

1764 · etching

Image and Plate: 27.9 x 38.6 cm (11 x 15 3/16 in.); Sheet: 42 x 53 cm (16 9/16 x 20 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

A new device to cleave wild beasts from Head to Tail

1764 · etching

Image and Plate: 28.2 x 38.9 cm (11 1/8 x 15 5/16 in.); Sheet: 42 x 53.1 cm (16 9/16 x 20 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Landscape with a Walker and a Cascade, plate 5 from the second suite Livre de paysages (Book of Landscapes)

1758 · Etching in black on off-white laid paper

Image: 8.5 × 15 cm (3 3/8 × 5 15/16 in.); Plate: 10.8 × 17.5 cm (4 5/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 12.8 × 20.3 cm (5 1/16 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Artwork sources (2)

8 published of 8 catalogued · 8 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
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Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img

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7 entries · 1 sources

A Savage mounted on a winged Serpent battling with a wild beast resembling a Porcupine
1764 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Pumpkins Used as Dwellings to Be Secure against Wild Beasts
1764 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Manner of Transporting Wares on Barges Drawn by a Bellows
1764 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Title and Dedication Page
1764 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
A House on Water, and a New Way to Summon Geese by the Beat of a Drum
1764 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
A new device to cleave wild beasts from Head to Tail
1764 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
A Boat That Has for Sails the Wings of a Huge Bird
1764 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago

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