Water Mill with Figures beside River
Medium
Black chalk with brush and brown wash, over traces of red chalk, on blue-gray wove paper (circle)
Dimensions
10.7 × 10.6 cm (4 1/4 × 4 3/16 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
19610
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...