Le retour du marché
Jean Moyreau
c. 1733 - 1762
Medium
etching
Dimensions
454; 404
About this artwork
height 404 mm x width 454 mm
Art Historical Context
**Le retour du marché** is a captivating etching by French artist Jean Moyreau, created around 1733–1762. Measuring 404 mm in height and 454 mm in width, this print likely captures a charming genre scene daily life—a figure returning from the market, laden with goods, evoking the bustling rural or urban markets of 18th-century. Moyreau, a engraver active during theoco era, specialized in reproductive prints that brought the elegance of contemporary paintings to a wider audience. Etching, Moyreau's chosen medium, involves drawing into a wax-coated metal plate with acid to create intricate line...