Buste van een jonge vrouw met een mutsje
1774 - 1793
Medium
etching
Dimensions
208; 305
About this artwork
height 305 mm x width 208 mm
Art Historical Context
Created by the French print Louis Marin Bonnet between1774 and 3, *Buste een jonge vrouw met mutsje* captures the delicate charm of an 18th-century portrait. Rendered as an etching measuring 305 by 208 millimetres, the work depicts a young woman in a modest cap, her features gently modelled through fine lines and subtle tonal gradations. Bonnet, active in Paris during the final decades of the Ancien Régime, specialised in reproductive prints that translated paintings and drawings into accessible etchings for a growing audience of collectors. Etching allowed Bonnet to achieve the soft, crayon-...
About the Artist
Louis Marin Bonnet · 1736–1793
Comment on works: Copper engraver