Esquisse d’un tombeau (Sketch for a Tomb)
Medium
etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 28.6 × 18.9 cm (11 1/4 × 7 7/16 in.) plate: 30.5 × 20 cm (12 × 7 7/8 in.) sheet: 43 × 29.8 cm (16 15/16 × 11 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Accession Number
2018.91.19
Art Historical Context
Created in 1766 printmaker François-Philippepentier after a by the celebrated Rococo François Boucher,Esquisse d’unau* offers a delicate into eighteenth-century Frenchary imagery. Published by-François Basan, print translates Boucher’s sketch a widely accessible format allowing viewers beyond aristocratic circles appreciate the artist’s vision for a tomb. reproductive practice was central to period’s art world helping to spread the elegant ornamental style that defined Rococo era. Charier employed etching combined aquatint—a relatively new tonal technique—to capture soft, atmospheric effects ...