# Le roi, le milan, et le chasseur (The King, the Kite, and the Hunter)

**Benoît-Louis Prévost** (French, c. 1735–1804)  
published 1759  
hand-colored etching

Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975.81.27. [The museum's record](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.55536.html).

## About this work

Benoît-Louis Prévost made this (published 1759), aged 24. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

### What you’re looking at

This is a painting of a king, a hawk, and a hunter in a classical architectural setting with columns and arches. In the image, a figure in royal clothing is seated beneath draped red fabric, facing a man in hunting attire holding a bird. A hawk perches on the royal figure's head, wings spread, while the hunter reaches toward the hawk. Surrounding them are other figures in armor, holding spears and shields. The style is reminiscent of classic European paintings with themes of mythology or allegory.

_Description from the National Gallery of Art._

### How it was made

- **Etching.** The artist draws with a needle through a waxy coating on a copper plate, and acid bites the exposed lines. The plate is then inked, wiped and printed under pressure, so the line keeps the freedom of drawing.
- **Hand-coloured.** Printed in black, then coloured by hand in watercolour, one sheet at a time.

### [Benoît-Louis Prévost](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/benoit-louis-prevost)

French, c. 1735–1804

## Facts

- Type: Print
- The artist was 24
- Century: 18th century
- Subjects: bird, Seated figure, Costume, Weapons, Figures
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

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