Reproduction of Deux Nymphes et deux Amours regardant des colombes (Two Nymphs and Loves watching two doves)
Medium
Reproduction of crayon-manner engraving in black and red ink
Dimensions
Sheet: 15 3/8 x 11 5/8 in. (39 x 29.5 cm) Plate: 13 1/16 x 9 7/16 in. (33.2 x 24 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Regina Slatkin, 1957
Accession Number
Museum Accession.1957.2
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 ...