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Series Title: The Four Times of Day

Noon

c. 1776

Gilles Demarteau

(French, 1722–1776)

after Jean-Baptiste Marie Hüet

(French, 1745–1811)
Culture
France, 18th century
Medium
chalk-manner etching and engraving
Measurements
Sheet: 27 x 35.4 cm (10 5/8 x 13 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1987.200
Catalogue raisonné
Inventaire du Fonds Français XVIII.VI.481.547 ; De Leymarie 547
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Scenes representing times of day or the seasons were frequently used to thematically decorate rooms, and were suitable subjects for suites of prints. This example depicting a young shepherdess avoiding the noonday sun is from a set that also features Morning, Afternoon, and Evening. Each scene portrays the bucolic life of a shepherd or shepherdess in a rural landscape. Demarteau colored the prints to appear like drawings made with black and red chalk with wash, similar to Boucher’s The Departure of Jacob nearby.

Noon

c. 1776

Gilles Demarteau, Jean-Baptiste Marie Hüet

(French, 1722–1776), (French, 1745–1811)
France, 18th century

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