The Charming Doll
Medium
Etching with some engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 3/16 x 6 7/8 in. (23.3 x 17.4 cm) Image: 8 3/4 x 6 13/16 in. (22.3 x 17.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.588(46)
Tags
Art Historical Context
**The Charming Doll** (1742) is a delicate etching with some engraving by the acclaimed French sculptor Edme Bouch and the antiquarian engraver Anne Claude Philippe deières, comte de Cay. Created during the height of the Rococo era France, this print measures about 9 x 7 inches and captures a tender moment of childhood innocence, featuring a girl with her doll—a subject evoking whimsy and playfulness typical of 18th-century. Bouchardon, known for his elegant sculptures, likely provided the graceful design, while Caylus etching technique brought fluid, expressive lines to life, enhanced by pre...
About the Artist
Edme Bouchardon|Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus · 1698–1762
Born 29 May 1698; died 27 July 1762. Bouchardon was a student of Guillaume Coustou, and won the prix de Rome in 1722. He spent ten years (1722-1732) in Rome, Italy working on various projects for Pope Clement XII. In 1732 Bouchardon was recalled to Paris and named sculptor to the king. Bouchardon became a professor at the Académie Royale in 1746. He worked on an equestrian monument of Louis XV, Ki...