Fantastical Landscape with Exotic PLants, Two Skaters and a Man in an Iceboat
1771
Medium
Black chalk, a little red chalk, blue and red pastel, brush and blue and red wash.
Dimensions
24 x 15 3/4 in. (60.9 x 40 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
Accession Number
1974.356.47
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Jean Pillement · 1728–1808
**Jean-Baptiste Pillement (also known as Jean Pillement)** was a French painter, designer, and engraver born on 24 May 1728 in Lyon, where he also died on 26 April 1808. He became one of the most influential decorative artists of the Rococo period, celebrated for his delicate landscapes and exotic chinoiserie designs that spread across Europe through prints and decorative applications. Pillement ...