View of the Salon of 1785
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Image: 10 7/8 x 19 1/8 in. (27.6 x 48.6 cm) Sheet: 14 1/4 x 20 3/4 in. (36.2 x 52.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 2009
Accession Number
2009.472
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the bustling heart of 18th-century Parisian art with Pietro Antonio Martini *View of the Salon of 5*, an exquisite etching capturing the grandeur of the annual Paris Salon. Held in the Louvre's Salon Carré, this prestigious exhibition showcased the era's leading artists, drawing crowds to marvel at paintings hung floor-to-ceiling in a dense, dramatic installation. Martini, an Italianaver renowned for his meticulous documentation of these events, immortalized the 1785 edition, offering a vivid snapshot of Enlightenment-era cultural life just before the French Revolution. This print h...