Portrait of P.A. Caron de Beaumarchais
Medium
Etching and engraving; second state of two (Bocher)
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 1/2 in. (24.5 × 19 cm) Plate: 7 5/8 × 5 7/16 in. (19.4 × 13.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Joseph Verner Reed, 1949
Accession Number
49.125.182
Tags
Art Historical Context
This elegant etching and engraving, titled *Portrait of P.A.on de Beaumarch*, was crafted in 1773 by the skilled French artists Charles Nicolas Cochin II and Augustin de Saint-Aubin. Cochin II, a leading figure in 18th-century printmaking and a master of Rococo design, collaborated with Saint-Aubin, known for his precise reproductive engravings. The second state of two (as cataloged by Bocher) measures a compact plate size of 7⅝ × 5⁷⁄₁₆ inches, making it an intimate yet widely reproducible portrait ideal for collectors and admirers. The subject, Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732–179...
About the Artist
Augustin de Saint-Aubin|Charles Nicolas Cochin II · 1736–1807
Comment on works: Illustrator; Engraver