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Young Woman Seated on a Bed
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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.
| Artist / Maker | Louis-Marin Bonnet |
|---|---|
| Date | before 1764 |
| Culture / Origin | France |
| Medium | chalk manner etching and engraving printed in red |
| Dimensions | 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.) |
| Department | Prints |
| Type |
About the Artist
Louis-Marin Bonnet (French, 1736–1793) Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.
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