1785
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Noce de Village (Village Wedding) is a 1785 ink by Charles-Melchior Descourtis, a Romanticism work, depicting Tent, held at National Gallery of Art.
Charles-Melchior Descourtis shows a village wedding feast. Guests crowd a barn-like room with rough wood tables. A bride in white sits stiffly while men drink and women chat. The room glows under warm lamps. The artist used three inks—ochre, red, and blue—to give it life. He layered colors to build depth, like a print you could feel. Check out the cross-hatching in the shadows. It’s a print, not a painting. If you like this, try cross-hatching in Descourtis, Charles-Melchior.
Charles-Melchior Descourtis (1753–1820) was a French artist, born in Paris.
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