The Arrival of the Wine Vat
Joseph Marie Vien
ca.1755
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 7 1/16 x 17 3/8 in. (18 x 44.2 cm) image: 6 1/4 x 16 3/4 in. (15.8 x 42.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2011
Accession Number
2011.540
Tags
Musical InstrumentsChildrenMenWomenSatyrsCamels
About the Artist
Joseph Marie Vien · 1716–1809
Baroque painter and one of the earliest French painters to work in the Neo-classical style. He influenced some of the most prominent artists of heroic Neo-classicism, including his students Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Baptiste Regnault, Jean-François-Pierre Peyron, and Joseph-Benoît Suvée. Comment on works: History