La Femme au petit Chien
18th century
Medium
Crayon-manner etching printed in red and black ink
Dimensions
Image: 6 3/4 in. × 5 in. (17.1 × 12.7 cm) Plate: 8 11/16 × 6 in. (22.1 × 15.3 cm) Sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 1/4 in. (22.5 × 15.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.2036
Tags
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 ...