La Musette (The Musette)
c.1710-1762
Medium
Engraving and etching in black on paper
Dimensions
Plate: 40 × 53.5 cm (15 3/4 × 21 1/8 in.); Sheet: 43.2 × 60.6 cm (17 1/16 × 23 7/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
48557
Art Historical Context
**La Musette (The Mus)** Jean Moyreau, c. 1710–1762 Engraving and etching in on paper Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawings Step into the elegant world of 18th France with *La Musette (The Musette)*, a captivating engraving and etching by Jean Moyreau. Created during the Rococo period—a time of playful opulence and refined leisure—this print captures the charm of pastoral festivities. The title evokes the musette, a small bagpipe popular in French countryside dances, suggesting a lively scene of music and merriment amid nature's grace. Moyreau, a skilled French printmaker, mas...