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Source Description
Charles-Melchior Descourtis used the same technique as Jean-François Janinet to create passages of tone with almost no traces of tool work. He also superimposed a limited number of colors—yellow, red, blue, carmine, and black—to produce a variety of tints.
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Document identity
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118043
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Village Wedding
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print
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1
Source metadata
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118043
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print
title
Village Wedding
description
Charles-Melchior Descourtis used the same technique as Jean-François Janinet to create passages of tone with almost no traces of tool work. He also superimposed a limited number of colors—yellow, red, blue, carmine, and black—to produce a variety of tints.
date
1785
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q80012768
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29278
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Print
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 36.7 x 27.6 cm (14 7/16 x 10 7/8 in.); Border: 30.7 x 23.3 cm (12 1/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
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France, late 18th century
accession
1939.166
Source extras
tec
Lavis-manner color engraving and etching
tombstone
Village Wedding, 1785. Charles-Melchior Descourtis (French, 1753–1820), after Nicolas Antoine Taunay (French, 1755–1830). Lavis-manner color engraving and etching; sheet: 36.7 x 27.6 cm (14 7/16 x 10 7/8 in.); border: 30.7 x 23.3 cm (12 1/16 x 9 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection, 1939.166
collection
PR - Lavis manner
citations
citation
Milliken, William. "The Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection Gift of Leonard C Hanna." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>26, no. 6 (June 1939): 84-115
page_number
Mentioned: p. 112
catalogueRaisonne
Portalis and Béraldi 746.1
creditline
Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection
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2026-05-29 06:06:33.334000
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118043
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Lavis-manner color engraving and etching
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male
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0
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photo
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