Buste van een jonge vrouw

About this artwork

number: ‘No. 23’

Art Historical Context

Louis Marin Bonnet’s *Buste van een jonge vrouw* (Bust of a Young Woman), created between 1773 and 1774, captures the refined elegance of eighteenth-century French portraiture through the delicate medium of etching. Bonnet, a skilled printmaker active during the waning years of the Rococo period, specialized in reproductive prints that translated the soft effects of drawings and pastels into widely accessible etchings. This work, measuring roughly 29 by 21 centimeters and marked simply as “No. 23,” likely formed part of a larger series intended for collectors and connoisseurs. Etching allowed...

About the Artist

Louis Marin Bonnet · 1736–1793

Comment on works: Copper engraver