Noon (c. 1776): Art, History and Details

Noon (c. 1776) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Gilles Demarteau (French, 1722–1776); Jean-Baptiste Marie Hüet (French, 1745–1811).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Scenes representing times of day or the seasons were frequently used to thematically decorate rooms, and were suitable subjects for suites of prints. This example depicting a young shepherdess avoiding the noonday sun is from a set that also features Morning, Afternoon, and Evening. Each scene portrays the bucolic life of a shepherd or shepherdess in a rural landscape. Demarteau colored the prints to appear like drawings made with black and red chalk with wash, similar to Boucher’s The Departure of Jacob nearby.

Object facts

• Title: Noon
• Date: c. 1776
• Creator attribution: Gilles Demarteau (French, 1722–1776); Jean-Baptiste Marie Hüet (French, 1745–1811)
• Culture: France
• Type: Print
• Technique: chalk-manner etching and engraving
• Dimensions: Sheet: 27 x 35.4 cm (10 5/8 x 13 15/16 in.)
• Collection: PR - Chalk Manner
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1987.200

Collection credit

John L. Severance Fund

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