Le Boulevard de Gand à Paris
Georges Jacques Gatine
19th century
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
sheet: 8 7/16 x 11 15/16 in. (21.4 x 30.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Harry G. Friedman Bequest, 1967
Accession Number
67.539.109
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
CaricatureMenWomenHorses
About the Artist
Georges Jacques Gatine · 1773–1824
**Georges Jacques Gatine (ca. 1773–1824)** was a French engraver and etcher renowned for his hand-colored fashion and costume plates that captured the elegance, satire, and social nuances of early nineteenth-century Paris. Born in Caen, he specialized in translating the designs of leading artists into finely detailed prints, becoming one of the foremost practitioners of his craft during the Napole...