Rose et Colas

Jean-Baptiste Blaise Simonet after Pierre-Antoine Baudouin

Associated Names
Jean-Baptiste Blaise Simonet

Artist, French, 1742 - 1813 or after

Pierre-Antoine Baudouin

Artist After, French, 1723 - 1769

This is a drawing of a rustic interior setting. The drawing depicts an interior scene with a focus on domestic and rural life. The room features a ladder leading up to a loft area with a haystack. In the foreground, there is a spinning wheel next to a wooden chair draped with fabric, and a woven basket on the floor. On the right, the space under a staircase is used to store a wooden barrel and various agricultural produce including a cabbage. The architectural details, such as wooden beams and an open doorway, contribute to the rustic ambiance. The decoration on the bottom of the image includes ornate scrollwork framing a vacant oval. The drawing provides a rich portrayal of pastoral life, with detailed texture work that emphasizes the homely character of the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.2221

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Portalis/Beraldi 1880, no. 6


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1875

  • Bocher, Emmanuel. Pierre-Antoine Baudouin. Les gravures francaises du XVIIIe siecle, 2. Paris, 1875: 42 ii/iii.

1880

  • Portalis, baron Roger and Henri Beraldi. Les graveurs du dix-huitieme siecle. 2 parts, 3 vols. each part. Paris, 1880.

Wikidata ID

Q64959094

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