Sujets de Chasse (Hunting Subjects) ; Trophies of the Hunt
Gilles Demarteau, Flemish, 1722 - 1776
after Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 - 1811
1773
Crayon-manner etching and engraving in red ink on laid paper
Plate: 8 1/16 × 12 3/16 in. (20.4 × 30.9 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/4 × 12 7/16 in. (20.9 × 31.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.964.168
Publisher
Gilles Demarteau, Paris
Geography
Place Made: Belgium, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in plate, lower right: J. B. Huet f. 1773; inscribed, in plate, lower right: Demarteau sculp. / N.o [o in superscript] 383; inscribed, in plate, lower center: A Paris chés Demarteau Graveur du Roi rue de la Pelterie à la Cloche
Course History
ARTH 28.05, Art & Society in the Rococo, Kristin O'Rourke, Spring 2022
Provenance
Dr. David James, Miami, Florida; sold to present collection, 1964.
Catalogue Raisonne
Leymarie (1896): 383; Roux (1949), IFF: 383
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