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Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Young Woman Seated on a Bed

Young Woman Seated on a Bed

before 1764
(French, 1736–1793)
(French, 1703–1770)
France, 18th century
chalk manner etching and engraving printed in red
Sheet: 46.9 x 33.1 cm (18 7/16 x 13 1/16 in.); Platemark: 44.2 x 30.6 cm (17 3/8 x 12 1/16 in.)
James Parmelee Fund 2009.16
Catalogue raisonné: Hérold 13
Location: not on view

Description

Although this scene of a nude woman lounging in her bedchamber appears to be drawn with red chalk like the drawings by Greuze and Boucher nearby, it is actually a printed image. Chalk-manner etchings and engravings are made using special punches and rollers with teeth of various sizes set at irregular intervals to re-create the natural granular effects of chalk lines drawn on textured paper.
  • Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).
  • {{cite web|title=Young Woman Seated on a Bed|url=false|author=Louis-Marin Bonnet, François Boucher|year=before 1764|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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