The Passion for Wealth
Medium
Etching, second state
Dimensions
sheet: 10 1/16 x 15 7/8 in. (25.5 x 40.3 cm) image: 8 11/16 x 14 3/16 in. (22 x 36.1 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(1)
Tags
Male NudesFemale NudesTrees
About the Artist
Claude Gillot|Jean Audran · 1673–1722
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