David BoudonSuisse
Andre Joseph Villard
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, États-Unis
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- Dans cet état depuis
- 25 sept. 2026
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- Les données de collection du musée lui-même
About the painting
Silverpoint was an unusual medium for a miniaturist, yet more than half of David Boudon’s work incorporates this exacting drawing technique. To draw with silverpoint, the artist took a wooden stick fitted with a silver tip and drew on his prepared paper. The pale, silvery lines quickly tarnished, leaving a darker, warm brown color. Andre Joseph Villard appears to have been a wealthy Virginia planter. In 1794 his daughter Constance married fellow Virginian William Hutt, who moved the family to Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1799.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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- Numéro d’inventaire
- 1961.9.1
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum: the museum's own open data · obtenue il y a 5 jours
- Image : Smithsonian American Art Museum — CC0