Two Lovers Seated at the Foot of a Large Tree, Surprised by Two Girls

Gilles Demarteau the Elder

Artist, French, 1722 - 1776

Gilles Demarteau, the Elder after François Boucher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    crayon manner printed in red-brown

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Regina Slatkin

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 45.8 x 31 cm (18 1/16 x 12 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1984.91.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Leymarie 1896, no. 62

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. Charles E. Slatkin [1909-1999]; gift 1984 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1896

  • Leymarie, L. de. L'Oeuvre de Gilles Demarteau l'aine graveur du roi, catalogue descriptif. Paris: Georges Rapilly, 1896: no. 62.

1978

  • Jean-Richard 1978, 633 ("Les amants surpris").

Inscriptions

lower left in plate of image: Boucher in.del.; lower right in plate below image: Demarteau l'Aine Sculp.; across bottom in plate dedication, coat of arms, address of Demarteau

Watermarks

Dovecote

Wikidata ID

Q74066283

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