Reproduction of Deux Nymphes et deux Amours regardant des colombes (Two Nymphs and Loves watching two doves)
Medium
Reproduction of crayon-manner engraving in black and red ink
Dimensions
Sheet: 15 3/8 x 11 5/8 in. (39 x 29.5 cm) Plate: 13 1/16 x 9 7/16 in. (33.2 x 24 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Regina Slatkin, 1957
Accession Number
Museum Accession.1957.2
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Gilles Demarteau|François Boucher · 1729–1776
Gilles Demarteau the Elder, born on January 19, 1722, in Liège, began his career steeped in the craft of metalwork. The son of a gunsmith, he learned engraving and goldsmithing from his father before moving to Paris around 1748–1750 to join his brother, who worked as a goldsmith for the engraver De Lacollombe, renowned for firearm ornament designs. Demarteau trained in De Lacollombe's workshop as ...