Monks Chanting
Medium
Etching and drypoint with roulette; third state of three
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 7/8 × 10 3/16 in. (20 × 25.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
Accession Number
60.622.22
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Art Historical Context
**Monks Chanting** (1795) by Jean-Jacques de Boieu invites visitors into a hushed world of monastic devotion. This intimate print, measuring just 7 7/8 × 10 3/16 inches, depicts monks absorbed in chanting or reading, a timeless scene rendered in etching, drypoint, and—the third and final state of three.oused in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it reflects Boissieu's skill as a French printmaker influenced by 17th-century masters like Rembrandt, blending precision with atmospheric depth. Created amid the aftermath of the French Revolution, when religious orders ...
About the Artist
Jean Jacques de Boissieu · 1736–1810
French, Lyons 1736–1810 Lyons