Le Jardin Chinoise (The Chinese Garden), from Chinoiseries
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 16 7/16 x 19 5/16 in. (41.8 x 49 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.1008
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Le Jardin ChinoiseThe Chinese Garden)**, from the *Chinois* series, is a etching and engraving created after 1743. Produced by the Chez Huquier workshop—likely after designs by the renowned Rococo master François Boucher and engraved by Gabriel or Jacques Gabriel Huquier—this measures an impressive 16 716 x 19 5/16 inches. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it the ornamental architecture prints that adorned 18th-century European interiors. Chinoiserie, the fanciful European adaptation of Chinese aesthetics, flourished in mid-18th-century France amid a...
About the Artist
Chez Huquier|François Boucher|Jacques Gabriel Huquier|Gabriel Huquier (French|French) · 1703 |0018 –1770 |0018
French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris|French, 18th century