Le Bouvier pres d'une mare
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
image: 8 7/16 x 12 5/16 in. (21.4 x 31.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.95.2622
Tags
Art Historical Context
This charming etching, titled *Le Bouvier près d’une mare* (“The Cowherd near a Pond”), invites viewers into a tranquil pastoral scene. A herdsman tends his cattle beside a quiet pool, framed by leafy trees that suggest a peaceful countryside retreat. The composition captures the simple rhythms of rural life, emphasizing harmony between humans, animals, and nature. Created through the collaborative efforts of painter Jacques Fouquières, known for his landscape designs, and printmaker Jean Morin, the work exemplifies seventeenth-century French printmaking. Morin’s etching technique translates ...
About the Artist
Jean Morin|Jacques Fouquieres · 1605–1650
Jean Morin (c. 1605–1650) was one of the most accomplished French engravers of the seventeenth century, a master of the portrait print whose work stands among the finest examples of French graphic art in its era. Little is known about his early life or training, though his technique suggests exposure to both French and Flemish engraving traditions, the latter being the dominant force in European p...