Leda and the Swan
18th century
Medium
Crayon-manner etching printed in red and black ink
Dimensions
Image: 9 1/16 × 7 5/16 in. (23 × 18.5 cm) Plate: 10 5/8 × 7 11/16 in. (27 × 19.5 cm) Sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 1/2 in. (29.5 × 21.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Accession Number
1986.1180.470
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Gilles Demarteau|François Boucher · 1729–1776
Gilles Demarteau the Elder, born on January 19, 1722, in Liège, began his career steeped in the craft of metalwork. The son of a gunsmith, he learned engraving and goldsmithing from his father before moving to Paris around 1748–1750 to join his brother, who worked as a goldsmith for the engraver De Lacollombe, renowned for firearm ornament designs. Demarteau trained in De Lacollombe's workshop as ...