Terugkerend jachtgezelschap
Jean Moyreau
c. 1733 - 1762
Medium
etching
Dimensions
351; 459
About this artwork
height 351 mm x width 459 mm
Art Historical Context
"Terugkerend Jgezelschap" (Returning Hunting Party), an etching French artist Jean Moyreau dating to circa 1733–1762, the elegance of 18th-century aristocratic leisure. Measuring 351 mm high by 459 mm wide, this print depicts a lively procession of hunters returning from the chase, likely featuring horses, hounds, and figures in period attire against a pastoral landscape. Moyreau, a skilled engraver trained in the Audran workshop, specialized in reproductive prints that brought the grandeur of oil paintings to a wider audience through intricate line work. Etching, Moyreau's chosen medium, all...