Louis Marin Bonnet
Louis Marin Bonnet belongs to the generation of eighteenth-century French printmakers who refined crayon-manner engraving into a delicate instrument for reproducing chalk drawings. His plates favour close-up heads, satyrs and bearded men, alongside occasional genre subjects such as a young girl with a cat, rendered in the soft, grainy texture the technique produces. The seven sheets assembled here are printed almost entirely in red and brown inks, with one example in a second state, and their dates run from 1755 to 1769, though some impressions may be later printings up to that point.
7 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)
A Young Girl holding a Cat
1769 · Crayon-manner engraving printed in sanguine ink; second state of two
L'Air (The Air): A Group of Three Putti on Clouds
18th century · Crayon-manner engraving in red ink
Head of a man and a satyr
ca. 1755–93 · Crayon-manner engraving with red ink
Head of a man with a beard (ca. 1755–93, Met-Objekt 1283)
ca. 1755–93 · Crayon-manner engraving with red ink
Head of a Satyr
ca. 1755–93 · Crayon-manner engraving with red ink
Head of a man with a beard (ca. 1755–93, Met-Objekt 1285)
ca. 1755–93 · Crayon-manner engraving with red ink
Head of an Old Man
mid to late 18th century · Crayon manner engraving printed in brown ink