Amusement Espagnol
18th century
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 9/16 in. × 8 in. (26.9 × 20.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.2457
Tags
Art Historical Context
"Amusement Espagnol an 18th-century by French printmakers Pierre François Basan Gilles Allou, captures charming scene of leisure likely featuring a woman with a lute. Measuring 10 9/16 × 8 inches, this delicate print from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Drawings and Prints department evokes the elegance of European portraiture, blending themes of music and femininity. Basan, a renowned engraver known for his precise reproductive works after paintings by old masters, collaborated here to translate a vibrant composition into intricate lines, highlighting the lute as a symbol of refinement and cou...