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The image is an engraving featuring a child seated on a cushion, facing slightly to the right with their head turned left in profile. The child has curly hair and soft facial features, and is surrounded by vine leaves, some of which they are holding up to their face. The background consists of an oval frame with a textured pattern, emphasized by decorative calligraphy and artistic embellishments in off-white color against a beige paper background.
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The image is an engraving featuring a child seated on a cushion, facing slightly to the right with their head turned left in profile. The child has curly hair and soft facial features, and is surrounded by vine leaves, some of which they are holding up to their face. The background consists of an oval frame with a textured pattern, emphasized by decorative calligraphy and artistic embellishments in off-white color against a beige paper background.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Bacchus enfant

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de Pompadour after François Boucher after Jacques Guay

Date
published 1782
Medium
etching and engraving
Dimensions
page size: 29 × 21 cm (11 7/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1946.21.153.kk
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Suite d'estampes...par Mme. la Marquise de Pompadour: no.35

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • plant
  • child
  • portrait
  • Baby
  • Frame

NGA object ID 33443. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.