Leda and the Swan
18th century
Medium
Crayon-manner etching printed in red and black ink
Dimensions
Image: 9 1/16 × 7 5/16 in. (23 × 18.5 cm) Plate: 10 5/8 × 7 11/16 in. (27 × 19.5 cm) Sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 1/2 in. (29.5 × 21.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Accession Number
1986.1180.470
About the Artist
Gilles Demarteau|François Boucher · 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 ...