1776
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Noon is a 1776 by Gilles Demarteau, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a young shepherdess avoiding the noonday sun in a rural landscape. She's sitting under a tree, trying to stay cool. This painting is part of a set that shows different times of day, which was a common theme in 18th century art, often used to decorate rooms. The artist likely chose this theme to showcase everyday life in a peaceful setting. Check out the work of artist Gilles Demarteau.
Scenes representing times of day or the seasons were frequently used to thematically decorate rooms, and were suitable subjects for suites of prints. This example depicting a young shepherdess avoiding the noonday sun is from a set that also features Morning, Afternoon, and Evening . Each scene portrays the bucolic life of a shepherd or shepherdess in a rural landscape. Demarteau colored the prints to appear like drawings made with black and red chalk with wash, similar to Boucher’s The Departure of Jacob nearby.
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Gilles Demarteau or Gilles Demarteau the Elder was an etcher, engraver and publisher who was active in Paris for his entire career.
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