Two Pastoral Vignettes, Two Hunting Vignettes, and a Trophy

1774

Gilles Demarteau, the Elder and Jean-Baptiste Hüet, I

Associated Names
Jean-Baptiste Hüet

Artist, French, 1745 - 1811

Gilles Demarteau the Elder

Artist, French, 1722 - 1776

The image is a detailed illustration featuring five main scenes. Each scene has its own set of objects and characters positioned around a central vertical element. The largest objects include a person sitting with a small animal on the upper left, a second person with a dog on the upper right, and a scene with a fox and rooster in the lower left. In the center, a vertical arrangement of objects such as a hat, flowers, and ribbons acts as a focal point. The color palette is predominantly sepia-toned. The upper left and right scenes depict pastoral settings with people and animals among shrubs and trees, the central section showcases a decorative composition, and the lower scenes continue with animal and outdoor themes surrounded by vegetation.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and chalk manner printed in red

  • Credit Line

    Ellwanger/Mescha Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.4 x 30.4 cm (8 1/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 24.7 × 30.5 cm (9 3/4 × 12 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.19.41

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Leymarie 1896, no. 397


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 26.

Bibliography

1896

  • Leymarie, L. de. L'Oeuvre de Gilles Demarteau l'aine graveur du roi, catalogue descriptif. Paris: Georges Rapilly, 1896: no. 397.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: J. B. hüet 1773 Demarteau sc. / A Paris chés Demarteau Graveur du Roi rue de la Pelterie a la Cloche; lower right in plate: No. 397

Wikidata ID

Q76341113

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