Study of a Bunch of Grapes
Mme. Peigné
1790–1810
- Medium
- Watercolor over black chalk on pale blue laid paper
- Dimensions
- 50.9 × 39.3 cm (20 1/16 × 15 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- watercolor
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
drawings (visual works)paintchalk sticksprints and drawingwatercolorcoating (material)paper (fiber product)water-base paint
About
Madame Peigné was a significant woman artist and an important textile designer in the late 18th century. She was a pupil of Jean-Siméon Chardin, and her specialty was in fruit and flower designs for the famous Oberkampf textile factory, established near Versailles in 1760.