The Chinese Masquerade (La Mascarade chinoise)

Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre|Duc de Saint-Aignan

1735 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

One of Pierre's most accomplished etchings, this print commemorates an event that took place shortly before his arrival in Rome, when French students took part in the festivities marking the pre-Lenten celebration of Carnival. With pomp and whimsy in equal measure, the students dressed up as Chinese dignitaries and joined the procession along the Corso, passing in front of the Palazzo Mancini, the grand and centrally located quarters of the French Academy in Rome.

Artist: Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre|Duc de Saint-Aignan
Date: 1735
Medium: Etching
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953

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