The Passion for War

The Passion for War by Claude Gillot|Jean Audran

Medium

Etching, second state

Dimensions

sheet: 9 15/16 x 16 1/8 in. (25.3 x 40.9 cm) image: 8 11/16 x 14 5/16 in. (22.1 x 36.3 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1957

Accession Number

57.581.39(3)

Tags

WarsSoldiersShieldsSwordsTrumpets

About the Artist

Claude Gillot|Jean Audran · 16731722

Artist known for his elegant designs done in the Rococo manner of Audran; also for his predilection for scenes from the 'comedia dell'arte.' Few paintings survive; his work is known mainly through drawings and etchings. Comment on works: Genre; History

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