Landscape
Jean Pillement
1792
Medium
Graphite and brush and wash on pale blue-green paper
Dimensions
7 3/4 x 12 1/8 in.
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Fletcher Fund, 1942
Accession Number
42.186.3
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Human FiguresAnimalsTowersLandscapesTrees
About the Artist
Jean Pillement · 1728–1808
**Jean-Baptiste Pillement (also known as Jean Pillement)** was a French painter, designer, and engraver born on 24 May 1728 in Lyon, where he also died on 26 April 1808. He became one of the most influential decorative artists of the Rococo period, celebrated for his delicate landscapes and exotic chinoiserie designs that spread across Europe through prints and decorative applications. Pillement ...