Jean Charles Folard
1751 to 1775
Medium
color wash manner
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1946.21.173
Art Historical Context
**Jean-Charles Folard** is a striking 18th-century portrait print by French engraver Antoine-François Sergent, created between 1751 and 1775. Housed in the National Gallery of Art's Rosenwald Collection (Department CG-E), this work depicts Jean-Charles de Folard, a renowned French military theorist and officer (1669–1752). Folard gained fame for his innovative writings on tactics, particularly advocating phalanx-like column formations in *La Polybe*, influencing military thought during the Enlightenment era. Sergent's mastery shines in the "color wash manner" technique—a sophisticated printma...