Bacchanale

Jean Michel Moreau the Younger

1767 · Pen and black ink and watercolor, over traces of black chalk, heightened with white · Drawings and Prints

Moreau was from a family of artists and began his training young, entering the studio of Louis Joseph le Lorrain. He was granted a prestigious series of appointments in the royal household and is responsible for a prodigious output of works on paper, chronicling court events and creating designs for fashion plates and book illustrations. His work was frequently exhibited at Salons both before and after the French revolution. Unlike many of his surviving drawings, this large watercolor bacchanal was likely executed as an autonomous work, rather than as a model for a print.

Artist

Jean Michel Moreau the Younger

Date

1767

Medium

Pen and black ink and watercolor, over traces of black chalk, heightened with white

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Stephen A. Geiger, in memory of his parents, Mildred K. Geiger and Howard W. Geiger, 2018