Jean Pierre Norblin De La Gourdaine
French, 1745-1830
Beggar Man
INV-1592
Jean Pierre Norblin De La Gourdaine
French, 1745-18301787
etchingprint
Date
1787
Medium
Etching in black on ivory China paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 8.1 × 7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 13/16 in.); Sheet: 9.1 × 7.9 cm (3 5/8 × 3 1/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections
Many of Norblin's etchings depict colorful figures in Asian or Polish peasant costume. It is unclear whether any of his prints appeared on the market in his lifetime; the earliest impressions are on tissue- weight paper, and many that are known today were probably printed after the artist's death.
Also notable
Works in the same vein
Study for The Oath of the Tennis Court: Bailly Standing on the Desk, Asking for a Vote
Jean Pierre Norblin De La Gourdaine (French, 1745-1830) after Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748-1825)
Self-Portrait
Jean Pierre Norblin De La Gourdaine French, 1745-1830
Beggar Woman
Jean Pierre Norblin De La Gourdaine French, 1745-1830
