Gilles Antoine Demarteau, the Younger (Flemish, c. 1750-1806)
after Francois André Vincent (French, 1746-1816)
Large Female Head
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Gilles Antoine Demarteau, the Younger (Flemish, c. 1750-1806)
after Francois André Vincent (French, 1746-1816)c. 1788
Large Female Head
Gilles Antoine Demarteau, the Younger (Flemish, c. 1750-1806) after Francois André Vincent (French, 1746-1816) →etchingprint
Date
c. 1788
Medium
Crayon-manner etching and engraving in red and black ink from two plates on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 52.2 × 41.1 cm (20 9/16 × 16 3/16 in.); Sheet: 58.6 × 43.8 cm (23 1/8 × 17 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment
Marie-Gabrielle Capet (1761-1818) was a student and disciple of François-André Vincent and Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, two artists who later married. Capet lived with the two outside Paris, managing their home and holding Vincent in her arms when he died in 1816. An idealized portrait drawing of Capet, by Vincent was copied in this color engraving by Gilles-Antoine Demarteau, who was part of a Parisian dynasty of ornamental engravers famous for chalk-manner prints.
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