Jean-Ignace-Isidore Grandville
1829
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Metamorphoses of the Day: A Conventional Marriage is a 1829 ink by Jean-Ignace-Isidore Grandville, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This picture shows two odd-looking creatures by a pond. One looks like a man in a striped shirt and hat, but with a bird’s beak and long neck. The other is a woman dressed in fancy 1800s clothes, but her head is a swan with a red feathered hat. She’s playing a small lyre while holding a bottle, and he’s holding a fishing rod. The title calls it a "conventional marriage," which hints it’s making fun of how people act in relationships. The artist used animals to poke fun at human behavior, which was a trick in this style of art. Next, look up lithography to see how this picture was made.
Jean-Ignace-Isidore Grandville (1829–1829) was an artist.
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