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Village Wedding
Charles-Melchior Descourtis, Nicolas-Antoine Taunay1785
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Descourtis used the same technique as Jean-François Janinet to create passages of tone with almost no traces of toolwork. He also superimposed a limited number of colors-yellow, red, blue, carmine, and black-to produce a variety of tints.
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- Title: Village Wedding
- Creator: Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820), Nicolas Antoine Taunay (French, 1755-1830)
- Date Created: 1785
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 36.7 x 27.6 cm (14 7/16 x 10 7/8 in.); Border: 30.7 x 23.3 cm (12 1/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.166
- Medium: Lavis-manner color engraving and etching
- Department: Prints
- Culture: France, late 18th century
- Credit Line: Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection
- Collection: PR - Lavis manner
- Accession Number: 1939.166
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