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Le Devin du Village (Colette Weeping)

1779

Pietro Antonio Martini after Jean-Michel Moreau

Associated Names

Pietro Antonio Martini

Artist, Italian, French school, 1738/1739 - 1797

Jean-Michel Moreau the Younger

Artist After, French, 1741 - 1814

This is an outdoor scene with figures and a tree. The drawing shows two figures standing under a large tree next to a building. The building has a window and a textured façade. In the background, there are rooftops and a distant structure resembling a church or castle with spires among trees. The lines and shading in the drawing emphasize texture and depth.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching and engraving
Credit Line

Widener Collection
Accession Number

1942.9.2506
Catalogue Raisonné

Bocher 1882, no. 1472, State ii/iii

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Bibliography

1882

Bocher, Emmanuel. Jean Michel Moreau le jeune. Les gravures francaises du XVIIIe siecle, 6. Paris: Damascene Morgand et Charles Fatout, 1882.

Wikidata ID

Q64961207

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