Suite de paysage

About this artwork

plaatrand: hoogte 121 mm x breedte 173 mm

Art Historical Context

**Suite de paysage** by Gilles Demarteau invites visitors into the serene world of 18th-century French landscapes. Created between 1732 and 1776, this delicate etching measures a modest 121 mm high by 173 mm wide, perfectly sized for intimate appreciation. Demarteau, a skilled engraver active in Paris during the Rococo era, specialized in printmaking that captured the elegance and lightness of the period's decorative arts. As part of a *suite*—a series of related prints—this work exemplifies etching's precision, where acid etches fine lines into a metal plate to mimic the fluidity of pencil o...

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 ...