The Four Times of Day: Noon

Date unknown
(French, 1722–1776)
(French, 1745–1811)
Sheet: 27 x 35.4 cm (10 5/8 x 13 15/16 in.)
Catalogue raisonné: Inventaire du Fonds Français XVIII.VI.481.547 ; De Leymarie 547
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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.
The Four Times of Day:  Noon

The Four Times of Day: Noon

Date unknown

Gilles Demarteau, Jean-Baptiste Marie Hüet

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

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