The Tapestry Worker
<p>Jacques Fabien Gatitier-D' Agoty adapted the three-plate color printing process invented around 1715 by adding a fourth plate inked in black or bistre to render tonal values more easily. Gautier made only ten reproductions of others' works. In January 1743, he offered two color prints of The Tapestry Worker and The Young Draftsman after two paintings by Chardin shown in the Salon of 1738 (now in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1743
- Dimensions
- 22 × 16 cm (8 11/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist
Printmaking
Jacques Fabien Gautier D'Agoty (French, 1710-1781)
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Iris Florentina, from Collection des plantes usuelles, curieuses, et étrangères
1767 · Etching with stipple and hand coloring on cream laid paper
La Balsamine (Impatiens, from the Collection des plantes usuelles, curieuses, et etrangeres)
1767 · Etching, handcolored on cream laid paper (discolored to buff)
La Pervenche de Java (The Perwinkle of Java, from the Collection of Usual, Curious, and Foreign Plants)
1767 · Etching,stipple, and roulette with handcoloring with typeset attachment on ivory laid paper
Cranial Dissection, plate five from Myologie complete
1748 · Color mezzotint, with touches of engraving on cream laid paper, varnished
Neck and Face Muscles, plate three from Myologie complete
1746 · Color mezzotint with touches of engraving on cream laid paper, varnished
The Young Draughtsman
1743 · Mezzotint printed in color from four plates on cream laid paper
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Year
- 1743
- Dimensions
- 22 × 16 cm (8 11/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1743-115733
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified