Seven Women Seated Behind a Low Wall
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 7/16 x 8 1/2 in. (21.5 x 21.6 cm) Plate: 7 1/4 × 7 1/8 in. (18.4 × 18.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
Accession Number
33.13(3)
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Art Historical Context
In the intimate etching *Seven Women Seated Behind a Low Wall*, French antiquarian and engraver Anne Claude Philippe Tubières, comte delus (1692–1765) pays homage to the Bolognese master Ludovico Carracci (5–1619). in the 18th century, this reproduces Carracci's fluid drawing style, capturing a group of women in a candid, everyday moment—perhaps gossiping or resting behind a simple barrier. Carracci, a key figure in the early Baroque Carracci school, excelled in lively genre scenes that bridged Renaissance idealism with naturalism, influencing later artists like the Dutch genre painters. Etch...