La Rose mal defendue (The Poorly Defended Rose)

in or after 1791

Bonnemain (family member) after Philibert-Louis Debucourt

Associated Names
Bonnemain (family member)

Artist, French, active 18th century

Philibert-Louis Debucourt

Artist After, French, 1755 - 1832

The image contains two individuals. The woman is sitting on a chair holding a pink rose, while the man stands beside her. They are in a richly decorated room with a canopy bed in the background. A table with a bowl, pitcher, and various objects is on the left, and the floor is scattered with items including an open book.

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, stipple, and wash manner with hand coloring on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.8 × 18 cm (9 × 7 1/16 in.)
    plate: 31 × 23.7 cm (12 3/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 36.7 × 26.6 cm (14 7/16 × 10 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.2268

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fenaille 1899, no. 27, State (b) ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1899

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

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image, at left: Gravé d'après l'Estampe de P. L. Debucourt. par Bonnemain.; in plate, below image, at center: La Rose mal défendue / Se vend à Paris chez Depeuille, Md. d'Estampes, Rue Denis No. 52. Section de Bon Conseil.

Markings

recto: none; verso: National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

to be identified

Wikidata ID

Q64954174

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