Bust of a Woman
Louis-Marin Bonnet
1766–1776
- Medium
- Pastel-manner print on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 41.4 × 35 cm (16 5/16 × 13 13/16 in.); Sheet: 42.3 × 36 cm (16 11/16 × 14 3/16 in.)
- Genre
- etching
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
engraving (printing process)printingprintprints and drawingetchingpastels (crayons)crayonspaper (fiber product)
About
This charming image is thought to represent François Boucher's elder daughter, Jeanne Elisabeth Victoire, who married the great painter's favorite pupil, Jean Baptiste Deshays, an accomplished artist in his own right.
