Les Mentes et Redingottes

1720s(?)

Jacques Chéreau

Associated Names
Jacques Chéreau

Publisher, French, 1688 - 1776

The image depicts three figures in an 18th-century style engraving, each with elaborate clothing and accessories. The first person on the left has a hand extended to the side, wearing a tricorne hat with a plume, a coat with wide sleeves and intricate decorations, a knee-length skirt, and stockings. The second person in the center is covered in a voluminous cloak, wearing a bonnet and styled hair. The third person on the right stands with one hand in their coat, wearing a tricorne hat, a knee-length coat, trousers, and stockings. 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: 16.2 x 24.6 cm (6 3/8 x 9 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 23.5 x 33.6 cm (9 1/4 x 13 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.68.3

  • Series Title

    Recueil des Differents Modes du Temps

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in image: A Paris chez Chereau, rue St. Jacques; lower right in image: au Grand St. Remy; across lower edge of plate: LES MENTES ET REDINGOTTES

Wikidata ID

Q76561135

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