Woman and Child before a Fireplace

Gilles-Antoine Demarteau after François Boucher

Associated Names
Gilles-Antoine Demarteau

Artist, French, 1750 - 1802

François Boucher

Artist After, French, 1703 - 1770

The image shows a woman and a child seated together. The woman is sitting on a wooden chair with her arm around the child, whose head is leaning against her. The woman has styled hair in an updo and wears a long dress, while the child wears a similarly colored dress. A small dog is sleeping on the floor next to the woman's feet. The background indicates an interior setting with household objects.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chalk manner printed in red and black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ellwanger/Mescha Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (cut within platemark): 22.5 x 16.6 cm (8 7/8 x 6 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.163.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Jean-Richard 1978, no. 860

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. Gregory Mescha and Mr. Thompson Ellwanger, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1978

  • Jean-Richard, Pierrette. L'oeuvre grave de François Boucher, dans la Collection Edmond de Rothschild. Paris, 1978.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: F. Boucher del.; lower right in plate: Demarteau sc. / No 566; lower center in plate: A Paris chez Demarteau Graveur, rue de la Pelterie, a la Cloche

Wikidata ID

Q76341272

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