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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Charles-Melchior Descourtis used the same technique as Jean-François Janinet to create passages of tone with almost no traces of tool work. He also superimposed a limited number of colors—yellow, red, blue, carmine, and black—to produce a variety of tints.
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Charles Melchior Descourtis|Nicolas Antoine Taunay — La Noce
Philibert Louis Debucourt (French, 1755–1832) — La Noce au C
Charles Melchior Descourtis|Nicolas Antoine Taunay — La Foir
Philibert Louis Debucourt (French, 1755–1832) — Le Menuet de
Louis Marin Bonnet|Jean-Baptiste Huet I — The Lunch
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta|Giuliano Giampiccoli — Plate XLI
Charles Melchior Descourtis|Nicolas Antoine Taunay — Le Tamb
Gabriel Briard|François Jourd'heuil — The Village Soothsayer
Charles Melchior Descourtis|Nicolas Antoine Taunay — Le Tamb
Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635) — The Large Miseries of W
Louis Philibert Debucourt — Fortune and Misfortune, or The B
Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772) — The Buffoon, Arabesque
