Art Archive

Pierre Alexandre Aveline

Pierre Alexandre Aveline belongs to the French Rococo printmaking tradition, working above all as an etcher and engraver and turning his burin to lively figural subjects — putti, groups of children and mythological scenes such as the Feast of Bacchus. The sheets gathered here reveal how consistently he paired etching with engraving, with the two techniques combined in nearly every impression. This archive holds nineteen of his prints, among them the Frontispiece and plates from the First Book of Groups of Children, with impressions dated between 1727 and 1750.

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

Pierre Alexandre Aveline — Trois Amours dont un tient une flèche (Three Loves, one of which holds an arrow), from Premiere Livre de Groupes d'Enfans (First Book of Groups of Children)
Trois Amours dont un tient une flèche (Three Loves, one of which holds an arrow), from Premiere Livre de Groupes d'Enfans (First Book of Groups of Children)
· Etching and engraving
 Pierre Alexandre Aveline — Trois Amours soutenant une draperie (Three Loves Holding a Drapery), from Premier Livre de Groupes d'Enfans (First Book of Groups of Children)
Trois Amours soutenant une draperie (Three Loves Holding a Drapery), from Premier Livre de Groupes d'Enfans (First Book of Groups of Children)
· Etching and engraving
 Pierre Alexandre Aveline — Fourth Book of Groups of Children
Fourth Book of Groups of Children
· Etching and engraving
 Pierre Alexandre Aveline — Frontispiece (1727–60)
Frontispiece (1727–60)
1727–60 · Etching and engraving
 Pierre Alexandre Aveline — Three Loves, one of which is seated, holding a quiver
Three Loves, one of which is seated, holding a quiver
1727–60 · Etching and engraving
 Pierre Alexandre Aveline — Two Cupids, One Carrying a Torch, Another a Bow
Two Cupids, One Carrying a Torch, Another a Bow
1727–60 · Etching and engraving
 Pierre Alexandre Aveline — Naiades, Tritons and the Bath of Priap
Naiades, Tritons and the Bath of Priap
1736 · Etching and engraving
 Pierre Alexandre Aveline — Air, from The Four Elements
Air, from The Four Elements
1738–49 · Etching and engraving
 Pierre Alexandre Aveline — Fire, from The Four Elements
Fire, from The Four Elements
1738–49 · Etching and engraving
 Pierre Alexandre Aveline — Water, from The Four Elements
Water, from The Four Elements
1738–49 · Etching and engraving
 Pierre Alexandre Aveline — Earth, from The Four Elements
Earth, from The Four Elements
1738–49 · Etching and engraving
 Pierre Alexandre Aveline — Children playing
Children playing
1750 · Etching and engraving
 Pierre Alexandre Aveline — Sancho Pursued by the Kitchen Boys of the Duke
Sancho Pursued by the Kitchen Boys of the Duke
18th century · Etching and engraving
 Pierre Alexandre Aveline — Two Sleeping Children With Three Sheep
Two Sleeping Children With Three Sheep
18th century · Etching and engraving
 Pierre Alexandre Aveline — The Feast of Bacchus
The Feast of Bacchus
ca. 1738 · Etching and engraving
 Pierre Alexandre Aveline — The Return from the Hunt
The Return from the Hunt
ca. 1738 · Etching and engraving
 Pierre Alexandre Aveline — Children Fishing
Children Fishing
ca. 1738 · Etching and Engraving
 Pierre Alexandre Aveline — The Seesaw
The Seesaw
ca. 1738 · Etching and engraving
 Pierre Alexandre Aveline — The Fire
The Fire
ca. 1740 · Etching and engraving