A man leans toward a woman standing in a doorway at right, at left a seated woman raises both hands, a canopied bed beyond, from a series of five illustrations after Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint-Quentin for 'The mad day, or the marriage of Figaro' (La Folle journée, ou le mariage de Figaro) by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Five illustrations after Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint-Quentin for 'The mad day, or the marriage of Figaro' (La Folle journée, ou le mariage de Figaro) by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Artist: Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint Quentin|Claude Nicolas Malapeau
Artist bio: French, born Paris, 1738|French, Paris 1755–1803 Paris
Artist role: Artist|Artist
Artist nationality: French|French
Date: ca. 1784
Medium: Etching with engraving
Dimensions: sheet: 6 7/16 x 3 15/16 in. (16.4 x 10 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession year: 2012
Tags: Doorways|Men|Women