The Palais Royal - Gallery's Walk / Promenade de la Galerie du Palais Royal

1787

Philibert-Louis Debucourt after Claude-Louis Desrais

Associated Names
Philibert-Louis Debucourt

Artist, French, 1755 - 1832

Claude-Louis Desrais

Artist After, French, 1746 - 1816

This print depicts a crowded interior space filled with elegantly dressed people. The people wear elaborate attire, including wide-brimmed hats and flowing robes and gowns accentuated with feathers and lace. The people all appear to have pale skin and hair in shades of white and gray set in elaborate, curled styles. Some of the people have slightly exaggerated proportions, making them look cartoonish. The setting is a grand hall with arched windows featuring blue lattice designs and decorative orange curtains, and detailed architectural elements such as columns and high ceilings are visible in the background. Surrounding the print is a border of off-white paper, with a line of text at the bottom.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color etching and wash manner on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 29.2 x 55.9 cm (11 1/2 x 22 in.)
    sheet (trimmed at or within platemark): 36.5 x 57.1 cm (14 3/8 x 22 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.2264

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fenaille 1899, no. 11, State ii-iii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1944

  • French Prints and Drawings of the XVIIIth Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1944-1945, no catalogue.

1984

  • Regency to Empire: French Printmaking 1715-1814, The Baltimore Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1984-1985, no. 99, repro.

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 63, as The Palais Royal--Gallery's Walk / Promenade de la Galerie du Palais Royale.

Bibliography

1899

  • Fenaille, Maurice. L'Oeuvre grave de P.L. Debucourt (1755-1832). Paris: Librairie Damascene Morgand, 1899.

1984

  • Carlson, Victor I. and John W. Ittman. Regency to Empire : French Printmaking 1715-1814. Minneapolis, MN, 1984: no.99.

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004: no. 63.

Wikidata ID

Q64961049

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