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Head of a Woman (Mme. Deshayes?)

Louis-Marin Bonnetc. 1771

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

To produce this print, Bonnet used three different printing plates to layer black ink, then semitransparent blue ink, and finally a thicker red pigment onto white paper. After the first run through the press, Bonnet had to carefully align each subsequent plate to achieve the desired coloration. Although the identity of this young woman is unknown, she may be Boucher’s daughter, Jean-Elisabeth Victoire, who married Jean-Baptiste Henri Deshays, a pupil of Boucher.

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  • Title: Head of a Woman (Mme. Deshayes?)
  • Creator: Louis-Marin Bonnet (French, 1736-1793), François Boucher (French, 1703-1770)
  • Date Created: c. 1771
  • Physical Dimensions: Image: 41.5 x 35.7 cm (16 5/16 x 14 1/16 in.)
  • Type: Print
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.6
  • Medium: color chalk-manner etching and engraving
  • State of work: II/II
  • Department: Prints
  • Culture: France, 18th century
  • Credit Line: Dudley P. Allen Fund
  • Collection: PR - Chalk Manner
  • Accession Number: 1996.6
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