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Amusements Champêtres

Engraving
1735 (engraved)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This print uses a combination of etching and engraving. The glitter of the scene and the shimmer of the costumes come from sharp, clearly defined, engraved lines. The printmaker pushed these directly into the metal printing plate using a tool called a burin. The landscape is composed of the softer strokes that are characteristic of etching. Etching involves using a needle to draw through a soft acid-resistant coating on the plate, allowing for finer and more fluid lines. Immersion in acid then bites the lines into the metal itself. The image belongs to a French 18th-century genre of idyllic pastoral scenes.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleAmusements Champêtres (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving and etching on paper
Brief description
Benoit Audran (1698-1772) after Watteau; Amusements Champêtres; 1735; engraving and etching.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Height: 36cm
  • Width: 47cm
Subjects depicted
Summary
This print uses a combination of etching and engraving. The glitter of the scene and the shimmer of the costumes come from sharp, clearly defined, engraved lines. The printmaker pushed these directly into the metal printing plate using a tool called a burin. The landscape is composed of the softer strokes that are characteristic of etching. Etching involves using a needle to draw through a soft acid-resistant coating on the plate, allowing for finer and more fluid lines. Immersion in acid then bites the lines into the metal itself. The image belongs to a French 18th-century genre of idyllic pastoral scenes.
Collection
Accession number
414:1874-1885

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Record createdDecember 11, 2002
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