Fleury François Richard, after. Women are fickle and who trusts them is a fool. Engraving by Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers. 1817.
Fleury François Richard, after. Women are fickle and who trusts them is a fool. Engraving by Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers. 1817.
Fleury François Richard, after. Women are fickle and who trusts them is a fool. Engraving by Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers. 1817.
Fleury François Richard, after. Women are fickle and who trusts them is a fool. Engraving by Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers. 1817.
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Fleury François Richard, after. Women are fickle and who trusts them is a fool. Engraving by Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers. 1817.

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ArtistFleury François Richard (French, 1777-1852), painter.
Engraver: Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher Desnoyers (French, 1779-1857), line engraver of great fame, and draughtsman.
Title: Souvent femme varie, Bien fol est qui s’y fie.
Titled and SignedPeint par Richard, peintre de Monsieur et Membre de l'Ordre royal de la Légion d'Honneur. Gravé par A.B. Desnoyers. Dédié au Roy. Souvent Femme varie, Bien fol est qui s'y fie. François Ier montre à Marguerite reine de Navarre, sa soeur, le distique qu'il vient de tracer avec un diamant sur l'un des vitraux du château de Chambord. Se trouve rue de Touraine N°9 Faubourg St Germain. Imprimé par Ramboz. Par son très humble et très fidèle sujet Auguste Boucher Desnoyers, membre de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts de France, de Vienne et de Genève.
Dimensions: 22 1/2" x 17 1/2" (trimmed within platemark).
Printer: Ramboz. (French, 1793-1830 (fl), copper-plate printer in Paris.
Date: 1817.

Materials and Techniques: Etching and engraving on laid paper.
Provenance:  The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Poor. Deep tears, multiple losses, wear, soil, repairing strips verso. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonné and references
Charles Le Blanc. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes. Volume 2. Desnoyers. [No] 65. P. 118. 
Aurore Montesi. Iconographie du château de Chambord : imaginaire et réalité. Art et histoire de l’art. 2013. ffdumas-01117806f. p. 200. 
Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Estampes et photographie, RESERVE AA-5 (DESNOYERS, Auguste-Gaspard-Louis), Identifier : ark:/12148/btv1b53128680f.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1852,1009.139.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XIX C.

Note: The royal verses allegedly engraved at Chambord are in fact by Victor Hugo.
Acknowledgement: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the 
British Museum collection.