Minneapolis Institute of Art

Bossuet (en pied)

Jean-Baptiste de Grateloup; after Hyacinthe Rigaud

Date

1771

Medium

Mezzotint, aquatint, and drypoint on chine collé

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Grateloup was one of the best-known engravers of miniatures in 18th-century France. He developed a secret method of engraving his portraits in which he attempted to have no line, dot, or trace of his technique evident in the finished work. The artist apparently used a mezzotint and aquatint ground and worked over the plates with incredible care using a drypoint needle. He pulled his own prints, and impressions as beautiful as those in the Jones Collection are quite rare. Europe

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