L'agriculture consideree, le Comte de Veaux
1789
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
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Jean-Baptiste Morret
Jean-Baptiste Morret (1740–1850) was an artist.
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ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
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L'agriculture consideree, le Comte de Veaux is a 1789 ink by Jean-Baptiste Morret, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This picture shows a busy indoor scene with six people dressed in fancy 18th-century clothes. A woman in a blue dress stands near a window, looking down. In the foreground, a man in a blue coat and a boy in red are leaning over a table covered with a white cloth. Others sit or stand around, chatting or gesturing. The walls are plain, and the lighting comes from the left side, casting soft shadows. The title at the bottom, *"L'agriculture considérée"*, hints this might be about farming or country life, but the people here look more like nobles than farmers. The artist used a mix of fine lines and shading to create the detailed faces and fabrics. If you like this style, look up etching to see how artists like Morret made precise prints.
Jean-Baptiste Morret (1740–1850) was an artist.
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