Priesteres
1771 - 1772
Medium
etching
Dimensions
338; 265
About this artwork
height 338 mm x width 265 mm
Art Historical Context
**Priesteres** is a captivating etching by Louis Marin Bon, created between 1771 and1772. Measuring 338 mm in height and 265 mm in width, print exemplifies Bonnet's mastery in the late 18th-century French art scene, a period bridging the ornate Rococo style and emerging Neoclassicism. Bonnet, a renowned engraver and draughtsman (1736–1793), was celebrated for his innovative "pastel manner" prints—colored etchings that mimicked the soft, vibrant textures of pastel drawings, bringing paintings by masters like François Boucher to life in affordable reproductions. Etching, the medium here, involv...
About the Artist
Louis Marin Bonnet · 1736–1793
Comment on works: Copper engraver