Lit en chaire à precher
late 18th century
Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number
1921-6-395-20
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**Lit en chaire à prêcher** *Pierre Ranson (French, 1736–1786), late 18th century**Print; Smithsonian American Museum, Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council* Ranson's *Lit en chaire àêcher*, a French print from the late th century, bears a whimsical title translating to "Bed in ait." Created during the vibrant final decades before the French Revolution, this captures the era's spirit of ingenuity and subtle humor. Ranson, active in Paris's artistic circles, produced this piece amid a flourishing print culture that made sophisticated imagery accessible to a broad audience, from i...