Head of a Woman
Gilles Demarteau
c. 1767
Medium
Crayon-manner engraving in red and black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet; cut within plate: 21.7 × 16.5 cm (8 9/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
Classification
crayon manner print
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
15551
About the Artist
Gilles Demarteau · 1729–1776
Gilles Demarteau the Elder, born on January 19, 1722, in Liège, began his career steeped in the craft of metalwork. The son of a gunsmith, he learned engraving and goldsmithing from his father before moving to Paris around 1748–1750 to join his brother, who worked as a goldsmith for the engraver De Lacollombe, renowned for firearm ornament designs. Demarteau trained in De Lacollombe's workshop as ...