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Chinoiserie

Jean Pillement, 1728

MEDIUMBlack chalk with stumping, and graphite with a faint gray wash
DIMENSIONS8 3/8 x 8 1/16 in. (21.3 x 20.4 cm.)
LOCATIONThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
COLLECTIONDrawings and Prints
CREDIT LINEThe Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1954
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THE ARTIST
Jean Pillement

Jean Pillement, a globe-trotting French painter, spread the delicate Rococo and Chinoiserie styles across 18th-century Europe through his enchanting designs for textiles, porcelain, and royal palaces.

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