Le jardinier galant
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Image: 15 1/4 × 10 7/8 in. (38.7 × 27.7 cm) Plate: 16 15/16 × 12 1/2 in. (43 × 31.7 cm) Sheet: 18 1/2 × 13 3/8 in. (47 × 33.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and The Elisha Whittelsey Funds, and Gift of John Sise, by exchange, 1958
Accession Number
58.635.14
Art Historical Context
Created in 1778, *Le jardinier galant* exemplifies the graceful, lighthearted genre scenes popular in late eighteenth-century France. Pierre-Antoine Baudouin, a painter celebrated for his elegant depictions of everyday flirtation and domestic life, supplied the original design, which engraver Isidore-Stanislas Henri Helman translated into this etching and engraving. The title suggests a playful encounter between a gardener and his admirer, a theme that captured the Rococo taste for witty, amorous narratives. The choice of etching and engraving allowed the image to reach a broad audience throu...
About the Artist
Pierre Antoine Baudouin|Isidore Stanislas Henri Helman · 1723–1769
Comment on works: Genre; History; Allegory