Femme drapée
18th century
Medium
Crayon-manner etching printed in red ink
Dimensions
Image: 10 9/16 × 7 1/16 in. (26.8 × 18 cm) Plate: 11 5/16 × 7 7/8 in. (28.7 × 20 cm) Sheet: 13 3/4 in. × 10 in. (35 × 25.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Regina Slatkin, 1954
Accession Number
54.612.3
About the Artist
Gilles Demarteau|François Boucher · 1729–1776
Gilles Demarteau the Elder, born on January 19, 1722, in Liège, began his career steeped in the craft of metalwork. The son of a gunsmith, he learned engraving and goldsmithing from his father before moving to Paris around 1748–1750 to join his brother, who worked as a goldsmith for the engraver De Lacollombe, renowned for firearm ornament designs. Demarteau trained in De Lacollombe's workshop as ...