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Head of a Woman (Mme. Deshayes?)

c. 1771

Louis-Marin Bonnet

(French, 1736–1793)

after François Boucher

(French, 1703–1770)
Culture
France, 18th century
Medium
color chalk-manner etching and engraving
Measurements
Image: 41.5 x 35.7 cm (16 5/16 x 14 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1996.6
Catalogue raisonné
Hérold 59
State
II/II
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

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.
A vertically oriented color chalk-manner etching depicts a woman with light skin tone from the bust up against a dark blue background. Angled toward our right, she looks over her shoulder with large blue eyes. Her dark hair is tied with a blue ribbon and a large bow on our left. She wears a peach bodice and a draped blue wrap with flowers on her shoulder. Printed text runs along the bottom.

Head of a Woman (Mme. Deshayes?)

c. 1771

Louis-Marin Bonnet, François Boucher

(French, 1736–1793), (French, 1703–1770)
France, 18th century

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