Noce de Village (Village Wedding)

1785

Charles-Melchior Descourtis after Nicolas Antoine Taunay

Associated Names
Charles-Melchior Descourtis

Artist, French, 1753 - 1820

Nicolas Antoine Taunay

Artist After, French, 1755 - 1830

This is a drawing of a scene with faint figures and shapes. The image features minimal lines in soft red or pink outlining shapes and possible figures in a light background. The upper portion is mostly blank, while the lower portion shows sketch-like lines and forms that suggest a gathering or event, without clear details. The use of soft tones gives the drawing an ethereal and unfinished appearance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wash manner and etching, printed in carmine ink

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (outer framing line): 31.1 x 23.4 cm (12 1/4 x 9 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1958.8.83

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1962

  • Color in Prints: an Exhibition of European and American Color Prints from 1500 to the Present, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, 1962-1963, no. 46.

1984

  • Regency to Empire: French Printmaking 1715-1814, The Baltimore Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1984-1985, no. 97g, repro.

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 55g.

Bibliography

1984

  • Carlson, Victor I. and John W. Ittman. Regency to Empire : French Printmaking 1715-1814. Minneapolis, MN, 1984: no.97g.

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004: no. 55g.

Wikidata ID

Q65222268

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