Mme. Peigné

Study of a Bunch of Grapes

1790/1810
Watercolor over black chalk on pale blue laid paper
50.9 × 39.3 cm (20 × 15.5 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

Madame Peigné was a significant woman artist and an important textile designer in the late 18th century. She was a pupil of Jean-Siméon Chardin, and her specialty was in fruit and flower designs for the famous Oberkampf textile factory, established near Versailles in 1760.

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