Madame Peigné
French, active 1770, died 1815
Study of a Bunch of Grapes
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Madame Peigné
French, active 1770, died 18151790/1810
Study of a Bunch of Grapes
Madame Peigné French, active 1770, died 1815 →watercolordrawings (visual works)
Date
1790/1810
Medium
Watercolor over black chalk on pale blue laid paper
Dimensions
50.9 × 39.3 cm (20 1/16 × 15 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by Pamela K. Armour, Sandra Grung Fund and Mary S. Adams Endowment
Madame Peigné was a significant woman artist and an important textile designer in the late 18th century. She was a pupil of Jean-Siméon Chardin, and her specialty was in fruit and flower designs for the famous Oberkampf textile factory, established near Versailles in 1760.
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