La gageure des trois commeres: Le poirier
1651 to 1700
Medium
etching and engraving
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1953.6.175
Art Historical Context
**La gageure des trois comm: Le poirier** is a lively 17th-century print after the designs of French artist Jean-Baptiste Mallet (c. 1650–1714), a master of genre scenes capturing the humor and everyday antics of ordinary folk. Produced between 1651 and 1700, the title translates to "Theager of the Three Goss: The Pear Tree,"oking a playful French proverb about three chatty women who bet on a comical challenge involving a fruit tree. Mallet's style reflects the vibrant genre tradition of the period, blending satire with vivid depictions of rural life during Louis XIV's reign, when such scenes ...