Tête d'Ange
Medium
Stipple engraving printed in red ink
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 9/16 in. × 9 in. (29.3 × 22.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.602.457
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Angels
About the Artist
Gilles Demarteau|Jean Jacques François Le Barbier · 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 ...