a) Noce de Village (Village Wedding); b) Noce de Village (Village Wedding)

1785

Charles-Melchior Descourtis after Nicolas Antoine Taunay

Associated Names
Charles-Melchior Descourtis

Artist, French, 1753 - 1820

Nicolas Antoine Taunay

Artist After, French, 1755 - 1830

This is a drawing showing a group of figures under a tent. The scene includes people gathered under a canopy made of draped cloths and wood supports. Objects like pots and fabric, along with some greenery, are seen around the area. The drawing features detailed line work that conveys movement and activity among the figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    a) etching printed in black on laid paper; b) etching printed in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (outer framing line): 31.1 x 23.4 cm (12 1/4 x 9 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1958.8.77.a-b

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Marquis de Varennes. (sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 3 June 1955, lot 45 [set of 10 prints]); (Henri M. Petiet, Paris); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1958.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1962

  • Color in Prints: an Exhibition of European and American Color Prints from 1500 to the Present, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, 1962-1963, no. 46.

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. 97a, repro.

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 55a.

Bibliography

1984

  • Carlson, Victor I. and John W. Ittman. Regency to Empire : French Printmaking 1715-1814. Minneapolis, MN, 1984: no.97a.

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004: no. 55a.

Markings

none

Watermarks

IHS in a circle (Gaudriault 735; Heawood 2952, 2981, 2997, 3310)

Wikidata ID

Q65222241

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