Jacomo de Cachiopin
1773
Medium
Crayon-manner engraving in brown and black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 26.3 × 18.5 cm (10 3/8 × 7 5/16 in.); Sheet; cut within platemark: 27.1 × 18.8 cm (10 11/16 × 7 7/16 in.)
Classification
crayon manner print
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
108962
About the Artist
Gilles Demarteau · 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 ...