La Rose

1788

Philibert-Louis Debucourt

Associated Names
Philibert-Louis Debucourt

Artist/publisher, French, 1755 - 1832

The image shows two individuals depicted from head to ankle, with one kneeling and one seated. The man on the left is kneeling on one knee and turning slightly towards the seated woman, offering her a rose with one hand while looking at her. He has a youthful face, clean-shaven, and is wearing a powdered wig typical of the fashion at the time. He is dressed in a formal suit with a blue coat, yellow breeches, and knee-high white socks. The woman is seated on a bench, holding onto the rose he is offering, and gazes downwards towards it. Her hair is styled with curls and adorned with a blue ribbon. She is wearing a voluminous dress in white and light blue with a pink sash and draped in a dark shawl. A closed book and a handkerchief rest on the bench beside her. Both figures are surrounded by a lush garden setting with a statue of a cherub behind them. The background features dense foliage with hints of a forest and a waterfall in the distance.

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color etching and wash manner on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.9 × 18.9 cm (9 7/16 × 7 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 36.3 × 25.5 cm (14 5/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.2259

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fenaille 1899, no. 17, State iii/iv


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1944

  • French Prints and Drawings of the XVIIIth Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1944-1945, no catalogue.

Bibliography

1899

  • Fenaille, Maurice. L'Oeuvre grave de P.L. Debucourt (1755-1832). Paris: Librairie Damascene Morgand, 1899.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image, at left: P.L. DeBucourt, Peintre du Roi, pinx. et sculpt. 1788; in plate, below image, at center: LA ROSE / in plate, at bottom center: A Paris chez L auteur cour du vieux Louvre, la 5e porte, à gauche en entrant par la colonade, au 1er.

Markings

recto: none; verso: National Gallery of Art

Wikidata ID

Q64961031

You may be interested in

Loading Results