Madame la Comtesse de Boufflers and Thérèse
mid-1760s
Medium
Pencil, black and red chalk, watercolor with white chalk highlights
Dimensions
12 x 8 in. (30.5 x 20.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.579
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the mid-1760s, French artist Louis de Carmont captured an intimate moment between Madame la Comtesse defflers, a prominent figure in Parisian high society, and a young girl named Thér in this delicate drawing. Measuring just 12 x 8 inches, the work belongs to the Robert Lehman Collection The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Carmontelle's skill in rendering everyday elegance among the nobility. Carmontelle, a versatile draftsman and early caricaturist favored by King Louis XV's court, employed a masterful mix of pencil, black and red chalk, watercolor, and white chalk highlights. This technique ...