From Warwick Lane
Medium
Etching; after third state
Dimensions
sheet: 6 1/4 x 4 11/16 in. (15.8 x 11.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
Accession Number
2007.49.362
Tags
MenInsects
About the Artist
Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg|William Holland|Torre & Co. · 1740–1812
Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg, born in Strasbourg in 1740 to a Swiss miniaturist and engraver, initially pursued studies at the University of Strasbourg for the Lutheran ministry before turning decisively to art. In 1755, he moved to Paris, where he studied under the history painter Charles-André van Loo and the battle specialist Francesco Giuseppe Casanova, later training with engraver Jean-Ge...