Le Bal Paré
Medium
Etched proof; first state of four (Bocher)
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 7/16 × 17 11/16 in. (34.2 × 44.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Samuel D. Lee Fund, 1940
Accession Number
40.34.1
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Le Bal Paré (The Fancy Ball), 1774** Step into the lavish whirl of 18th-century high society with *Le Bal Paré*, an etched proof by engraver Augustin de Saint-A after a design by painter Antoine Jean Duclos. first-state impression— one of four documented by scholar François Bocher—captures masquerade ball alive with elegantly dressed men and women mid-dance. Measuring 13 7/16 × 17 11/16 inches, the print's expansive sheet allows for a bustling scene of swirling skirts, powdered wigs, and animated figures, evoking the opulent soirées of pre-Revolutionary Paris or Versailles. Created in 1774...
About the Artist
Augustin de Saint-Aubin|Antoine Jean Duclos · 1736–1807
Comment on works: Illustrator; Engraver