Andre Joseph Villard
David Boudon, Swiss
1810-1812
Medium
Painting-Miniature
Classification
Painting-Miniature
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Frederick W. Cron
Accession Number
1961.9.1
Tags
bust
About this artwork
Silverpoint was an unusual medium for a miniaturist, yet more than half of David Boudonâs work incorporates this exacting drawing technique. To draw with silverpoint, the artist took a wooden stick fitted with a silver tip and drew on his prepared paper. The pale, silvery lines quickly tarnished, leaving a darker, warm brown color. Andre Joseph Villard appears to have been a wealthy Virginia planter. In 1794 his daughter Constance married fellow Virginian William Hutt, who moved the family to ...