Frontispiece
Medium
Etching and Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 6 1/4 x 3 9/16 in. (15.8 x 9.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.528.16
Tags
Art Historical Context
This frontispiece, a delicate etching and engraving measuring just over six inches tall, represents the fruitful partnership between François Boucher, the leading painter of the French Rococo, and master printmaker Jacques Philippe Le Bas. Boucher supplied the lively design, while Le Bas translated it into print, allowing the image to circulate widely among collectors and readers. Created as the opening illustration for a book, the small sheet would have greeted viewers with an elegant, intimate scene featuring male figures rendered in fine, expressive lines. Etching and engraving techniques ...
About the Artist
Jacques Philippe Le Bas|François Boucher · 1707–1783
Comment on works: Engraver