Chevalier d'Eon
Medium
Mezzotint
Dimensions
Plate: 13 15/16 × 9 13/16 in. (35.4 × 25 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924
Accession Number
53.600.3755
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold the striking *Chevalier d'Eon* (1771), a mezzotint portrait now housed in the Metropolitan Museum Art's Drawings and Prints. Created by engravers John Wesson and Thomas Burke possibly after designs by Jacques Gabriel Huquier this print captures Charles Geneviève Louise Auguste Timothée d'É de Beaumont—a enigmatic 18th-century French figure renowned as a diplomat, soldier, spy. Measuring 13 15/16 × 9 13/16 inches, it exemplifies the intimate scale of fine prints designed for collectors. The Chevalier d'Eon captivated Europe with their fluid gender presentation, living publicly as a woma...
About the Artist
John Wesson|Thomas Burke|Jacques Gabriel Huquier|Charles Geneviève Louise Auguste André Timothée d'Eon de Beaumont (British|Irish|French|French) · 1768 |1749 |1730 |1728 –1773 |1815 |1805 |1810
British, active 1768–73|Irish, Dublin 1749–1815 London|French, Paris 1730–1805 Shrewsbury|French, Tonnerre, 1728–1810