The Chinese Mascarade
Medium
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 26.7 × 42.2 cm (10 9/16 × 16 5/8 in.); Plate: 30.6 × 42.4 cm (12 1/16 × 16 3/4 in.); Sheet: 31.4 × 42.8 cm (12 3/8 × 16 7/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
16406
About the Artist
Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre · 1713–1789
Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre (1714–1789) was born into a prosperous Parisian family of goldsmiths and jewelers; his father, Jean Pierre, became an alderman in 1743, securing noble status for the family. Pierre began his artistic training as a pupil of Nicolas Bertin, followed by study under Charles-Joseph Natoire at the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, where he befriended engraver Charle...