Anonymous, French, 18th century

Anonymous, French, 18th century, is represented here by a compact group of portrait heads after François Boucher and others, circulated as the Livre de Têtes Gravées. The sheets belong to the etching tradition of the period, most of them finished with engraving, and take single faces — a man in profile, a woman in a ruff, a child, a bearded frontispiece — as their subject. This collection gathers ten such prints, divided between etching and engraving, issued from plates of the 18th century.

10 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)

Head of a Man in Profile, from Livre de Têtes Gravées d'apres F. Boucher et Autres (Book of Heads Engraved after F. Boucher and Others)

18th century · Etching and engraving

Head of a Woman, from "Livre de Têtes Gravées d'apres F. Boucher et Autres" (Book of Heads Engraved after F. Boucher and Others)

18th century · Etching and engraving

Head of a Woman Wearing a Ruff, from 'Livre de Têtes Gravées d'apres F. Boucher et Autres'

18th century · Etching and engraving

Head of a Child, from Livre de Têtes Gravées d'apres F. Boucher et Autres (Book of Heads Engraved after F. Boucher and Others)

18th century · Etching and engraving

Frontispiece: Head of a Bearded Man, from "Livre de Têtes Gravées d'apres F. Boucher et Autres"

18th century · Etching and engraving

Head of a woman with her head turned to the left, from Livre de Têtes Gravées d'apres F. Boucher et Autres (Book of Heads Engraved after F. Boucher and Others)

18th century · Etching and engraving

Head of a man in profile wearing a tricorne

18th century · Etching

Five Children with Dancing Dog

18th century · Etching

Standing man holding kettles

18th century · Etching

Cupids Tickling Each Other

18th century · Etching