Two Chinoiseries
mid-/late 18th century
Medium
brush and black ink with graphite and incised framing line
Dimensions
sheet (upper): 8.2 × 11.4 cm (3 1/4 × 4 1/2 in.) sheet (lower): 7.8 × 11.4 cm (3 1/16 × 4 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Donald Stone
Accession Number
2022.40.32
About the Artist
Jean-Baptiste Pillement · 1728–1808
In the early part of his career, he worked as a textile designer at the Gobelins factory, and as a decorative painter in Spain and Portugal. He eventually moved to London, where in 1955 he published the first of many books of Chinoiserie designs. However, he was most well-known for his prints of flowers. His popularity waned significantly when Rococo design fell out of fashion at the end of the ce...