La Promenade Publique

1792

Philibert-Louis Debucourt

Associated Names
Philibert-Louis Debucourt

Artist, French, 1755 - 1832

This is a painting of a social gathering in an outdoor setting. Numerous elegantly dressed individuals are under a canopy of trees in a garden or park. In the foreground, there are chairs and a table with figures interacting. The participants wear 18th-century style clothing. The painting depicts movement and social dynamics. This is in the style of Thomas Rowlandson.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color etching and wash manner with aquatint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    Overall (outer framing line): 36.6 x 60 cm (14 7/16 x 23 5/8 in.)
    sheet (trimmed within the platemark): 45.2 x 63.7 cm (17 13/16 x 25 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.2266

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fenaille 1899, no. 33, State ii/iii

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.

1983

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 1983.

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 83, as La Promenade Publique.

Bibliography

1899

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

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004: no. 83.

Wikidata ID

Q64961037

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