Les Amateurs du café, 1827, No. 88 from Les Grimaces
Primary
Louis-Léopold Boilly
(La Bassée, France, 1761–Paris, France, 1845)
Printer
François-Séraphin Delpech
(Paris, France, 1778–1825)
NationalityFrench, Europe
Date1827
MediumLithograph with hand coloring
DimensionsSheet: 14 1/8 × 10 3/8 in. (35.9 × 26.4 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Muesum Fund, 1991.96
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Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1991.96
On View
Not on viewThis print comes from an extensive series of caricatures of the principle types and occupations of contemporary French society. The interweaving of the figures and the extremely elegant drawing are characteristic. Both are inspired by the compound physiognomic studies invented by Parmigianino and carried down through the Bolognese tradition
Exhibitions
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1825
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