Madame la Comtesse de Boufflers and Thérèse
mid-1760s
Medium
Pencil, black and red chalk, watercolor with white chalk highlights
Dimensions
12 x 8 in. (30.5 x 20.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.579
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Art Historical Context
In the mid-1760s, French artist Louis de Carmont captured an intimate moment between Madame la Comtesse defflers, a prominent figure in Parisian high society, and a young girl named Thér in this delicate drawing. Measuring just 12 x 8 inches, the work belongs to the Robert Lehman Collection The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Carmontelle's skill in rendering everyday elegance among the nobility. Carmontelle, a versatile draftsman and early caricaturist favored by King Louis XV's court, employed a masterful mix of pencil, black and red chalk, watercolor, and white chalk highlights. This technique ...