Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Lully
Medium
Etching and engraving; fourth state four (Bocher)
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 13/16 × 5 9/16 in. (19.8 × 14.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.756–1482
Tags
Art Historical Context
This elegant etching and engraving titled *Portrait of Jean-Baptiste L*, captures the profile of illustrious French-Italian composer (163–1687) who opera and served as Louis XIV's court musician. Created in 1770—a century after Lully's heyday—by a collaborative team of master engravers including Charles Nicolas Cochin II and Augustin de-Aubin, with contributions from Gaspard Colignon François Joullain, represents the fourth state as cataloged by Bocher. Measuring just 7 13/16 × 5 9/16 inches, this intimate print from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings Prints collection exemplifies 18th-...
About the Artist
Augustin de Saint-Aubin|Charles Nicolas Cochin II|Gaspard Colignon|François Joullain|Augustin de Saint-Aubin · 1736–1807
Comment on works: Illustrator; Engraver