L'Amour enchaîné par l'Amitié
18th century
Medium
Crayon-manner etching printed in red ink
Dimensions
Image: 11 5/8 × 8 3/8 in. (29.5 × 21.2 cm) Plate: 12 5/8 × 9 3/16 in. (32 × 23.3 cm) Sheet: 15 13/16 × 11 5/16 in. (40.1 × 28.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Regina Slatkin, 1954
Accession Number
54.612.4
About the Artist
Gilles Demarteau|François Boucher · 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 ...