Le Pleurer and mouvement composé, from "Caractères des passions, gravé
An etching of three studies of the face in a horizontal strip. At left, a grimacing older face shows furrowed brows and a downturned mouth labeled "le Pleurer". At center, a bald profile scowls, and at right a frontal head with dotted guide lines is marked "Mouvement Composé", a controlled, neutral expression.
Look closer: The small plate number is printed in the lower right corner of the sheet.
- Artist
- Sébastien Le Clerc, le Jeune
- Date
- 1695–1720
- Medium
- Etching
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 4000 × 2070 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1720).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953