Art Archive

René Gaillard

René Gaillard was a French printmaker of the eighteenth century, working in etching and engraving across genre scenes, pastoral and mythological subjects, and fashion imagery. His plates translate the light, sociable subjects of the rococo into finely worked lines, often combining etching with engraving and occasionally adding color. This archive gathers seven of his sheets, six in etching and engraving and one colored etching and engraving, with impressions up to 1764.

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

René Gaillard — Fashion Merchant
Fashion Merchant
1746–55 · Etching and engraving
René Gaillard — Les Bacchantes Endormies (The Sleeping Bacchantes)
Les Bacchantes Endormies (The Sleeping Bacchantes)
1764 · Etching and engraving
René Gaillard — Le Berger Recompensé (The Rewarded Shepherd)
Le Berger Recompensé (The Rewarded Shepherd)
18th century · Etching and engraving
René Gaillard — Les Villagois à la Pêche (The Villagers Fishing)
Les Villagois à la Pêche (The Villagers Fishing)
18th century · Etching and engraving
René Gaillard — Venus et les Amours (Venus and the Loves)
Venus et les Amours (Venus and the Loves)
18th century · Etching and engraving
René Gaillard — Les Amans Surpris (The Surprised Lovers)
Les Amans Surpris (The Surprised Lovers)
18th century · Colored etching and engraving
René Gaillard — Le Panier Misterieux (The Mysterious Basket)
Le Panier Misterieux (The Mysterious Basket)
18th century · Etching and engraving