Le Menuet de la mariée n.d.

*Le Menuet de la Mariée* (The Minuet of the Bride) is a hand-colored etching by Louis Philibert Debucourt, a leading printmaker of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This print satirizes the wedding of Countess de Cossé and her marriage to an older, wealthy man. The print shows a crowded scene with people enjoying themselves at the wedding while the bride and groom dance awkwardly in the center. Debucourt's precise detail captures the fashionable dress and social hierarchy of the time. This print is currently located at the Art Institute of Chicago.