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JEAN-BAPTISTE HUET
L'Amour corrigé
Brown wash and white gouache highlights 19 x 23.3 cm
The Love's beating Brown wash and white highlights, 7.5 x 9.2 in.
Artist born in Paris in 1745, Jean-Baptiste Huet certainly trained in the studio of the painter Claude Dagomer (1722 -1766), member of the Académie de Saint-Luc. He would also have frequented the studio of Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (1734 -1781) when the latter, following his trip to Russia, brought back a taste for "russeries", picturesque and somewhat rustic scenes. Besides that, Huet likes to study animals on the spot, following the doctrine of the Enlightenment, encouraging the observation of nature which bends to the observation and delight of the walker. Looking also at his predecessors, Huet collected the works of Wouwermans (1619 -1668), Nicolas Berchem (1620-1683) as well as a number of engravings diffusing the works of various other artists.
Without abandoning these influences, the artist built up his own way throughout his career. Here, it is that of the draftsman that we perceive in the jerky, lively strokes that draw the fleece of the animals, sketch the leafy background. The speed of execution gives impetus to the spanking the child will receive, energizing the whole composition.
The white gouache highlights bring brilliance to the drawing, a practice that Huet certainly impressed on François Boucher (1703-1770) whom he may have crossed paths with or collaborated with.
The light, teasing subject enters this repertoire of gallant scenes, picturesque without being too rustic, charming without being sweet. There are many charming details to be found in the chubby face of the child being beaten up, his little wings, the delicate figure of the young shepherdess sitting nonchalantly or the goat looking indifferently at the scene being played out, making the spectator forget the punitive theme of the work.
With ease and speed, Jean-Baptiste Huet thus delivers a charming pastoral scene, inspired
L'Amour corrigé
Brown wash and white gouache highlights 19 x 23.3 cm
The Love's beating Brown wash and white highlights, 7.5 x 9.2 in.
Artist born in Paris in 1745, Jean-Baptiste Huet certainly trained in the studio of the painter Claude Dagomer (1722 -1766), member of the Académie de Saint-Luc. He would also have frequented the studio of Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (1734 -1781) when the latter, following his trip to Russia, brought back a taste for "russeries", picturesque and somewhat rustic scenes. Besides that, Huet likes to study animals on the spot, following the doctrine of the Enlightenment, encouraging the observation of nature which bends to the observation and delight of the walker. Looking also at his predecessors, Huet collected the works of Wouwermans (1619 -1668), Nicolas Berchem (1620-1683) as well as a number of engravings diffusing the works of various other artists.
Without abandoning these influences, the artist built up his own way throughout his career. Here, it is that of the draftsman that we perceive in the jerky, lively strokes that draw the fleece of the animals, sketch the leafy background. The speed of execution gives impetus to the spanking the child will receive, energizing the whole composition.
The white gouache highlights bring brilliance to the drawing, a practice that Huet certainly impressed on François Boucher (1703-1770) whom he may have crossed paths with or collaborated with.
The light, teasing subject enters this repertoire of gallant scenes, picturesque without being too rustic, charming without being sweet. There are many charming details to be found in the chubby face of the child being beaten up, his little wings, the delicate figure of the young shepherdess sitting nonchalantly or the goat looking indifferently at the scene being played out, making the spectator forget the punitive theme of the work.
With ease and speed, Jean-Baptiste Huet thus delivers a charming pastoral scene, inspired