Cleveland Museum of Art
Village Wedding
Charles-Melchior Descourtis
- Date
- 1785
- Medium
- Lavis-manner color engraving and etching
- Culture
- France, late 18th century
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Charles-Melchior Descourtis used the same technique as Jean-François Janinet to create passages of tone with almost no traces of tool work. He also superimposed a limited number of colors—yellow, red, blue, carmine, and black—to produce a variety of tints.
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