La nuit
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 3/4 × 9 13/16 in. (32.4 × 25 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of George Blumenthal, 1941
Accession Number
41.140.1
Art Historical Context
**La Nuit (The Night), ca. 1778** Visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department will delight in *La Nuit*, a captivating engraving by Emmanuel Jean de Ghendt a design by Pierre Antoine Baud. Created around 1778, this 12 3/4 × 9 13/16 in. sheet exemplifies the refined collaboration between Baudouin, a prominent French Rococo artist known for his graceful allegorical figures, and Ghendt, a skilled engraver who brought these visions to life through meticulous printmaking. Generously bequeathed by George Blumenthal in 1941, it evokes the enchanting mood of evening in...
About the Artist
Emmanuel Jean de Ghendt|Pierre Antoine Baudouin (French|Flemish) · 1699 |1738 –1773 |1815
French, Paris 1699–1773 Paris|Flemish, Saint Niklaas 1738–1815 Paris