Portrait of Marie Joséphine of Savoy, Countess of Provence
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 16 15/16 × 11 9/16 in. (43.1 × 29.3 cm) Plate: 10 1/2 × 7 3/8 in. (26.7 × 18.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1954
Accession Number
54.533.8
Tags
Art Historical Context
This elegant etching and engraving captures Marie Joséphine of Savoy, of Provence, in 1774, a poised noblewoman poised on the cusp of revolutionary change. Created by the renowned portraitist François Hubert Drouais whose refined Rococo style graced French aristocracy, and engraved by Louis Jacques Cathelin the print immortalizes her aristocratic bearing. At just over 10 by 7 inches on the plate, it exemplifies the intimate scale of 18th-century prints designed for elite collectors. Marie Joséphine, born into the Italian House of Savoy, married the future Louis XVIII in 1771, linking Savoyard...
About the Artist
François Hubert Drouais|Louis Jacques Cathelin · 1727–1775
He was a fashionable portraitist. He is best known for portraits of children and one of Mme de Pompadour from 1763, completed after her death. Comment on works: Portraits