La Soiree des Thuileries ( The Evening at Tuileries)
Medium
Etching on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 29.1 × 23.3 cm (11 1/2 × 9 3/16 in.); Plate: 36.1 × 26.7 cm (14 1/4 × 10 9/16 in.); Sheet: 36.3 × 27 cm (14 5/16 × 10 11/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
30227
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
The prolific reproductive printmaker Jean Baptiste Blaise Simonet frequently etched paintings by Pierre Antoine Baudouin. This frothy confection lacks Baudouin’s pastel colors and gauzy glazes, but substitutes an ethereal sense of moonlight. Two stylish lovers share a knowing glance—and a glimpse of skin—on a park bench partially concealed behind a monumental column. This early state of Simonet’s print lacks a title or signature, but the couple’s elegant meeting place is specified in the final s...