Feste Bacchique, plate 97 from " L'Oeuvre d'Antoine Watteau"
Jean Moyreau
1729-1731
Medium
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 59.6 × 35.2 cm (23 1/2 × 13 7/8 in.); Sheet: 62.8 × 43.6 cm (24 3/4 × 17 3/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
15108
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Jean Moyreau · 1690–1762
**Jean Moyreau (1690–1762)** was a French engraver renowned for his reproductive prints that faithfully translated the dynamic compositions of Dutch and French masters into the medium of copperplate. Born in Orléans, he spent his career in Paris during the height of the Rococo period, focusing on the precise art of etching and engraving to capture atmospheric effects, textures, and lively scenes. ...