Allégorie pour la Commémoration d'un Mariage (Allegory for the Commemoration of a Marriage)
mid-18th century
Medium
Crayon-manner engraving in red ink
Dimensions
Sheet: 18 9/16 x 12 13/16 in. (47.2 x 32.6 cm) Plate: 16 15/16 x 11 7/16 in. (43 x 29 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Regina Slatkin, 1957
Accession Number
57.611
About the Artist
Gilles Demarteau|François Boucher · 1729–1776
Gilles Demarteau the Elder, born on January 19, 1722, in Liège, began his career steeped in the craft of metalwork. The son of a gunsmith, he learned engraving and goldsmithing from his father before moving to Paris around 1748–1750 to join his brother, who worked as a goldsmith for the engraver De Lacollombe, renowned for firearm ornament designs. Demarteau trained in De Lacollombe's workshop as ...