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Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
The Four Times of Day: Noon
Date unknown
(French, 1722–1776)
after Jean-Baptiste Marie Hüet
(French, 1745–1811)
Sheet: 27 x 35.4 cm (10 5/8 x 13 15/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1987.200
Catalogue raisonné: Inventaire du Fonds Français XVIII.VI.481.547 ; De Leymarie 547
Location: not on view
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.- Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19-Century French Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001).The Year in Review for 1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).
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