Rustende herten

About this artwork

blad: hoogte 201 mm x breedte 276 mm

Art Historical Context

**Rustende Herten (Resting Deer)** Gilles Demarteau Elder (1722–6), a masterful engraver from the Southern Netherlands active in Paris, created this charming etching titled *Rustende Herten* sometime between 1732 and 1776. Measuring 201 mm high by 276 mm wide, print captures a serene moment of deer at rest, evoking the pastoral tranquility popular in 18th-century art. Demarteau, renowned for his reproductive prints after leading Rococo painters like François Boucher, brought technical precision to scenes of nature and wildlife, making fine art accessible through affordable prints. Etching, ...

About the Artist

Gilles Demarteau · 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 ...