Female Actor in Ballet Costume
Jean Berain
n.d.
Medium
Pen and black ink over chalk
Dimensions
17 1/4 x 11 7/8 in. (43.8 x 30.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
Accession Number
63.562.11
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
CostumesWomenActressesBallet
About the Artist
Jean Berain · 1640–1711
**Jean Bérain the Elder (1640–1711)** was a French draughtsman, designer, painter, and engraver of ornament who served as the central artistic force in the Royal office of the Menus-Plaisirs du Roi. Born in Saint-Mihiel in the Spanish Netherlands (now France) to a master gunsmith, he spent his career in Paris and became one of the defining figures of late 17th-century French decorative arts. Béra...