Perruque à Face/Dame en Robe/Manche en Pagode

1720s(?)

Jacques Chéreau

Associated Names
Jacques Chéreau

Publisher, French, 1688 - 1776

The image shows three 18th-century figures in a row. The figure on the left is a man facing forward in a long coat with hands holding the edge. The central figure is a woman facing forward in a voluminous gown. The figure on the right is a man seen from behind with his upper body twisting towards the viewer. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving with etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Katharine Shepard and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Funds

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16.1 x 25 cm (6 5/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 23.5 x 33.6 cm (9 1/4 x 13 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.68.2

  • Series Title

    Recueil des Differents Modes du Temps (plate 2)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Christopher Mendez, London); purchased 2012 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right in brown ink: 1734; lower left in image: A Paris chez Chereau, rue St. Jacques; lower right in image: au Grand St. Remy; along lower margin of plate: PERRUQUE A FACE / DAME EN ROBE / MANCHE EN PAGODE

Wikidata ID

Q76561130

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