# The Young Draftsman

**Gilles Demarteau** (French, 1729–1776)  
1750/70  
Crayon manner engraving in red and black on cream laid paper  
Plate/sheet: 21 × 155.6 cm (8 5/16 × 61 5/16 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2022.156. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/264161).

## About this work

Gilles Demarteau made this in 1750/70, aged about 21. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of crayon manner engraving in red and black on cream laid paper.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Engraving.** Lines cut directly into a metal plate with a steel burin, which makes them swell and taper. It took years to master, and for centuries it was how paintings travelled as pictures.
- **Laid paper.** Handmade on a mould of close-set wires, which leave fine parallel lines you can see when the sheet is held to the light.

### [Gilles Demarteau](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/gilles-demarteau)

French, 1729–1776

## Facts

- Type: Print
- Culture: France
- The artist was about 21
- Real size: about 8½ × 61 in (21 × 155 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 30 × 40 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 18th century
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5; 24 × 36 in $5; 30 × 40 in $5

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