id:			163014
accession number:	2003.50
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.50
updated:		2022-01-04 17:33:33.328000

The Milk Woman, 1774. Louis-Marin Bonnet (French, 1736-1793). Color chalk-manner etching and engraving with applied gold-leaf ; sheet: 31.8 x 24.7 cm (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.); image: 28.3 x 23.3 cm (11 1/8 x 9 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt Endowment Fund 2003.50

title:				The Milk Woman
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creation date:			1774
creation date earliest:		1774
creation date latest:		1774
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creditline:			Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt Endowment Fund
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	color chalk-manner etching and engraving with applied gold-leaf 
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Chalk Manner
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hérold 295

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CREATORS

* Louis-Marin Bonnet (French, 1736-1793)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 31.8 x 24.7 cm (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.); Image: 28.3 x 23.3 cm (11 1/8 x 9 3/16 in.)
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	description:	laid paper
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings
	opening date:   2016-07-16T04:00:00
	<i>Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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wall description: 
In his quest to emulate fashionable drawings for display, Bonnet developed a method for printing gold frames. After preparing the paper with printed layers of lead white and a red adhesive compound called a mordant, Bonnet hand-applied gold leaf, on top of which he printed ornamental patterns. Because French regulations restricted the use of gold to certain artisans, like furniture builders, Bonnet disguised these prints as English imports. He sold them from a shop called <em>Au Magasin Anglois</em> (From the English Shop) and even advertised the fictional name “Le. Marin” as the foreign inventor of the printed frames. For English-speakers, however, the odd spelling “ta-King” in the inscription for <em>The Woman Taking Coffee</em> betrays Bonnet.
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IMAGES

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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2003.50/2003.50_print.jpg
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