The Parade on the Boulevard
Medium
Etching, with additions in pen and black ink on cream laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed): 32.9 × 26.3 cm (13 × 10 3/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
129794
Art Historical Context
Created in 1760 by French artist Antoine-Jean Duclos, *The Parade on the Boulevard* captures a lively public scene on a Parisian thoroughfare. The title suggests a moment of urban spectacle, possibly a military display or festive procession, reflecting the vibrant street life of mid-eighteenth-century France. As a work on paper now housed in the Art Institute of Chicago’s Prints and Drawings department, it offers viewers a window into the social rhythms of the period. The medium—an etching enhanced with pen and black ink on cream laid paper—highlights the artist’s skill in combining printed l...