Standing Soldier Drawing his Sword
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 18 1/16 × 11 11/16 in. (45.8 × 29.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2018
Accession Number
2018.54.4
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Standing Soldier Drawing his Sword**1764) is a dynamic etching by Philippe Jacques de Loubourg, with possible collaboration from engraver Matthias Pfenninger Measuring an impressive 18 1/16 × 11 11/16 inches, this print captures a soldier in a moment of poised action, sword half-drawn from its scabbard. Loutherbourg, a French artist known for his dramatic battle scenes and landscapes, created this during his early career in Europe, just after the Seven Years' War—a global conflict that heightened fascination with military valor and heroism. Etching, the medium here, involves incising lines ...
About the Artist
Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg|Matthias Pfenninger · 1740–1812
Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg, born in Strasbourg in 1740 to a Swiss miniaturist and engraver, initially pursued studies at the University of Strasbourg for the Lutheran ministry before turning decisively to art. In 1755, he moved to Paris, where he studied under the history painter Charles-André van Loo and the battle specialist Francesco Giuseppe Casanova, later training with engraver Jean-Ge...