Head of an Angel or Child
mid to late 18th century
Medium
Crayon manner in red
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 7 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (19 × 14 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.2450
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the mid-to-late 18th century, French artists Louis Marin Bonnet and Joseph Natoire collaborated on evocative works like *Head of an Angel or*, a delicate print now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department. Bonnet, a master printmaker, likely executed this piece in "crayon"—a innovative technique using engraved plates and roulettes to mimic the soft, textured strokes of pastel crayons in vibrant red. Natoire, a prominent Rococo painter known for graceful, ornamental style, probably provided the original design, blending ethereal angelic features with the inno...
About the Artist
Louis Marin Bonnet|Charles Joseph Natoire · 1736–1793
Comment on works: Copper engraver