Pierrot Catching a Fly
Philip MercierWW-1740-335527
Bequest of Mrs. Sterling Morton
Catalogue
- Year
- 1740
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 58.6 × 74 cm (23 1/16 × 29 1/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Philip Mercier
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Philip Mercier
Philippe Mercier was an artist of French Huguenot descent from the German realm of Brandenburg-Prussia, usually defined to French school. Active in England for most of his working life, Mercier is considered one of the first practitioners of the Rococo style, and is credited with influencing a new generation of 18th-century English artists.
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- Philip Mercier
- Year
- 1740
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 58.6 × 74 cm (23 1/16 × 29 1/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1740-335527
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- verified