Portrait of Joseph Christophe de Verdun
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 14 in. × 9 7/16 in. (35.5 × 24 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.1445
Art Historical Context
Step into the refined world of 18th French portraiture with *Portrait of Joseph Christophe de Verd* (1735), a etching and engraving by Louis Surugue and Hubertrouais, with involvement from Joseph Christophe. Measuring a trimmed sheet of 14 × 9 7/16 inches (35.5 × 24 cm), this print captures the elegance of its sitter through intricate line work, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum Art's Drawings and Prints, thanks to the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund 1953. Etching and engraving were premier techniques of the Rococo era, blending etched lines for fluid spontaneity with engraved precision for fin...