Le bal pare
Medium
etching
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Widener Collection
Accession Number
1942.9.2457
Art Historical Context
**Le Bal Paré (The Masquerade Ball)** ched in 1774 by Antoine Duclos after a design by Augustin de Saintubin, *Le Bal Paré* captures elegance of 18th-century French high society. This intricate print depicts a lively masquerade ball, where revelers in elaborate costumes and masks whirl through a candlelit hall, evoking the opulent world of the Ancien Régime just before the French Revolution.clos, a skilled reproductive engraver, faithfully translated Saint-Aubin's Rococo drawing into etching—a technique prized for its fine lines and tonal depth, allowing detailed textures like flowing silks ...