Adoration of the Angels (L’Adoration des anges)
Medium
Etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 11/16 x 7 1/16 in. (22 x 18 cm) Image: 8 3/8 x 6 11/16 in. (21.2 x 17 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of David Harvey Fox, 2012
Accession Number
2012.220
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the late 18th century, artists Jean-Baptiste Le Prince and Joseph Vien collaborated on *Adoration of the Angels (L’oration des anges)*, ca. 1770, a delicate print capturing a timeless Christian motif: the Madonna and Child surrounded by adoring angels. Vien, a pivotal figure bridging Rococo elegance and emerging Neoclassicism, provided the design, while Le, renowned for his innovative printmaking, executed the etching and aquatint. This intimate scene, housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, evokes spiritual tenderness through its soft, glowing forms. The...
About the Artist
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince|Joseph Marie Vien · 1734–1781
Comment on works: Genre; Landscapes; Portraits; Copper engraver; Illustrator; Master draughtsman