Francois-Nicolas-Barthelemy Dequevauviller
1786
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Le contretemps is a 1786 ink by Francois-Nicolas-Barthelemy Dequevauviller, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a fancy room with two people in old-fashioned clothes. One is lying on a couch, looking tired, while the other stands nearby, holding a fan. A small statue sits on a pedestal, and a curtain hangs in the background. The walls have detailed patterns, and there’s a chair with a striped cushion. The artist used shading to make the scene feel dramatic, focusing on the woman’s slumped pose. This was made in 1786 as an etching, a printmaking method where lines are scratched into metal. Next, check out etching to see how this technique works.
Francois-Nicolas-Barthelemy Dequevauviller (1786–1786) was an artist.
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