Title of the secont part of Optique de Portraiture et peinture [...]: "La Déesee des Arts lisant avec attention le traité d'optiqe de Grégoire Huret [...]
17th century
![Title of the secont part of Optique de Portraiture et peinture [...]: "La Déesee des Arts lisant avec attention le traité d'optiqe de Grégoire Huret [...] by Grégoire Huret](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/dp/thumb/title-of-the-secont-part-of-optique-de-645772.webp)
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 3/8 × 9 3/16 in. (34 × 23.4 cm) Plate: 13 1/8 × 8 13/16 in. (33.3 × 22.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
Accession Number
56.515.78
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the 17th century, engraver and theorist Grégoire Huret created this captivating engraving, titled *La Déesse des Artsant avec attention le traité'optique* ("The Goddess of the Arts attentively the treatise on"). Part of the second section of his influential book *Optique de portraiture et peinture* (1667), it depicts an allegorical female figure—the personification of the Artsdeeply engrossed in reading Huret's own text. Rendered on a sheet measuring 13 3/8 × 9 3/16 inches, the intricate lines showcase Huret's mastery of engraving, a technique where a burin incises designs into a copper pla...
About the Artist
Grégoire Huret · 1606–1670
French draftsman and printmaker. Comment on works: Engraver & draftsman