Young Milkmaid
Medium
Etching with some engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 5/16 in. × 7 in. (23.7 × 17.8 cm) Image: 9 x 6 15/16 in. (22.8 x 17.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.588(16)
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Art Historical Context
Step into the enchanting world of 18th-century French printmaking with *Young Milkmaid* (1737), a etching with some engraving by Claude Philippe de Tubières comte de Caylus, collaboration with sculptor Edme Bouchardon andaver François Joullain Measuring just 9 5/16 × 7 inches on its sheet, this intimate print from the Metropolitan Museum Art's Drawings and Prints—acquired through the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund 1953—captures a poised young woman in a humble, everyday role, embodying the era's fondness for pastoral genre scenes. Created during the vibrant Rococo period, the work showcases etchin...