Les Deux Baisers (The Two Kisses)
Medium
etching and wash manner, printed in blue, red, orange, yellow, and black inks
Dimensions
plate: 36.3 x 42.5 cm (14 5/16 x 16 3/4 in.) overall (framing line): 27.6 x 36.9 cm (10 7/8 x 14 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Widener Collection
Accession Number
1942.9.2255
Art Historical Context
Philibert-Louis Debucourt'sLes Deux Baisers (The Two K)*, created in 1786, the playful intimacy of courtship in late 18th-century France. enchanting print depicts tender moments of affection, likely lovers, rendered with a delicate charm that reflects the Rococo spirit of elegance and sensuality just before the French Revolution.ucourt, a leading French engraver, excelled in genre scenes portraying fashionable society, making this work a window into the refined pleasures of pre-Revolutionary Parisian life. The artwork's technical brilliance lies in its etching combined with "wash manner"—a in...