Large Female Head
Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment
Catalogue
- Year
- 1781
- Dimensions
- Plate: 53.3 × 41.1 cm (21 × 16 3/16 in.); Sheet: 59.3 × 44 cm (23 3/8 × 17 3/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Gilles Demarteau
Artist
Printmaking
Gilles Demarteau or Gilles Demarteau the Elder was an etcher, engraver and publisher who was active in Paris for his entire career. He is one of the persons to whom has been attributed the invention of the crayon manner of engraving. He is recognized as playing an important role in the development of this engraving technique. He was one of the key reproductive engravers and publishers of the work of François Boucher.
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- Gilles Demarteau
- Year
- 1781
- Dimensions
- Plate: 53.3 × 41.1 cm (21 × 16 3/16 in.); Sheet: 59.3 × 44 cm (23 3/8 × 17 3/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1781-104173
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified