Those from Savoy 1752 - 1760

"Those from Savoy," created between 1752 and 1760, is an etching by French artist Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet (1731-1797) currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The etching, which portrays two figures - a woman and a child - in the countryside, is typical of the genre known as "genre painting," which depicts scenes of everyday life. The artist uses shading and line to evoke the texture of clothing and the backdrop of foliage, offering a glimpse into the lives of common folk in 18th-century France.