PrintsFrench18th century

Laughingly he took the hand of the fearful maiden

1784

Artists

Charles Étienne GaucherArtist

Jean-Jacques-François LebarbierArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 19.7 × 14.7 cm (7 3/4 × 5 13/16 in.) Plate: 27.5 × 19.9 cm (10 13/16 × 7 13/16 in.) Sheet: 31.5 × 26.5 cm (12 3/8 × 10 7/16 in.)

Provenance

W. G. Russell Allen and Paul J. Sachs, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1938

Related Artworks

Prints

Woman Disembarking a Ship

Philibert Benoit de Larue, 18th century

18th centuryFrench

Prints

Madonna and Child With Sain John

Gilles Rousselet, 18th century

18th centuryFrench

Prints

Michael Lasne

Nicolas Habert, 18th century

18th centuryFrench

Prints

Henry Benedict Stuart, Cardinal York

Johann Georg Wille, 1736-1750

18th centuryFrench

Prints

Jean Issaly

Pierre Drevet, 18th century

Ancient Carved Stones

Jean Baptiste Patas, c. 1792

18th centuryFrench

Prints

Latona

Remi Henri Joseph Delvaux, 18th century

18th centuryFrench

Prints

Saint Cecilia

François-Joseph-Étienne Beisson, 18th century

18th centuryFrench

Prints

Here, she said, in a voice that pierced my soul; here are your sweetheart's children; they will be your friends for life.

Jean Baptiste Michel Dupréel, 18th century

18th centuryFrench

Prints

Saint John in the Desert

François Chereau the Elder, c. 1729

18th centuryFrench