Pastoral Scene
Medium
Black chalk, with stumping, and brown chalk, on ivory laid paper, discolored to tan, laid down on cream wove card
Dimensions
26.8 × 41.4 cm (10 9/16 × 16 5/16 in.)
Classification
charcoal
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
48307
About the Artist
Jean Baptiste Pillement · 1728–1808
In the early part of his career, he worked as a textile designer at the Gobelins factory, and as a decorative painter in Spain and Portugal. He eventually moved to London, where in 1955 he published the first of many books of Chinoiserie designs. However, he was most well-known for his prints of flowers. His popularity waned significantly when Rococo design fell out of fashion at the end of the ce...