Large Female Head

Prints and Drawings

c. 1788

Gilles Antoine Demarteau, the Younger (Flemish, c. 1750-1806)
after Francois-Andre Vincent (French, 1746-1816)

Marie-Gabrielle Capet (1761-1818) was a student and disciple of François-André Vincent and Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, two artists who later married. Capet lived with the two outside Paris, managing their home and holding Vincent in her arms when he died in 1816. An idealized portrait drawing of Capet, by Vincent was copied in this color engraving by Gilles-Antoine Demarteau, who was part of a Parisian dynasty of ornamental engravers famous for chalk-manner prints.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Gilles Antoine Demarteau, the Younger
Title: Large Female Head
Place: Flanders (Artist's nationality)
Date: Made 1788
Medium: Crayon-manner etching and engraving in red and black ink from two plates on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Plate: 52.2 × 41.1 cm (20 9/16 × 16 3/16 in.); Sheet: 58.6 × 43.8 cm (23 1/8 × 17 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment
Reference Number: 1996.322
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