Village Wedding (Noce de Village)

Charles-Melchior Descourtis, Nicolas-Antoine Taunay1785

Details

Title: Village Wedding (Noce de Village)
Creator: Charles-Melchior Descourtis after Nicolas-Antoine Taunay
Date Created: 1785
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1944
Materials & Techniques: Etching, engraving, aquatint (and mezzotint?) in mixed methods, printed from five plates in yellow, red, blue, carmine, and black ink on laid paper
Keywords: color intaglio, dance, dancers, genre
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 310 mm x 235 mm (12.2 in. x 9.25 in.).
Bibliography: Portalis and Beraldi 1 (vol. 1, p. 746); Model and Springer, plate 17; Yale, “Color in Prints” (1962–1963) 46; Carlson & Ittman, cat. 97, with color proofs
Associated People: Created by Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753-1820), After Nicolas-Antoine Taunay (French, 1755-1830)
Accession Number: 1944.D1.198

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