Ballet Champêtre (Country Ballet)

in or after 1756

Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin

Associated Names
Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin

Artist, French, 1721 - 1786

This drawing depicts anthropomorphic butterflies dancing under a floral and vine archway. Three butterflies with humanoid features are shown posing gracefully, while another butterfly plays a musical instrument. The archway above them is made of twisted vines and leaves, creating a stage-like setting. The base of the image features organic shapes and patterns around a scroll with the text "Ballet Champêtre." The style is ornate and delicate, typical of the Rococo period.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to platemark): 32.9 × 23.6 cm (12 15/16 × 9 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1958.8.131

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Baudicour, no. 9, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 3 June 1955, no. 69); (via Henri M. Petiet, Paris); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1958.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1859

  • Baudicour, Prosper de. Le peintre-graveur français continue, ou catalogue raisonné des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole française nes dans le XVIIIe siècle. 2 vols. Paris, 1859-1861. Reprint, Paris, 1967: Prosper de. Le peintre-graveur français continue, ou catalogue raisonné des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole française nes dans le XVIIIe siècle. 2 vols. Paris: Mme Bouchard Huzard, Rapilly [etc.], 1859-1861.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, in image, at lower center: BALLET / CHAMPÊTRE; verso: at bottom right in graphite in later hand: B-21989

Markings

recto: none; verso: National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

grapes / 1742

Wikidata ID

Q65222199

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