Caption
Allegorical portraits of André Le Nôtre and Jean-Baptiste de la Quintinie, Portraits of French historical figures, Les illustres français, ou tableaux historiques des grands hommes de la France, print, Series number, 29, 56, printmaker: Nicolas Ponce, after drawing by Clément Pierre Marillier, Paris, grantor of privilege: French crown, France, 1790 - 1816, paper, etching, engraving, height 333 mm x width 228 mm, Person, Jean-Baptiste de la Quintinie, André Le Nôtre, historical persons, portrait, self-portrait or graphic artist, The image shows an ornate engraved plate with a symmetrical design featuring two oval framed bust portraits facing each other, each set within decorative circular borders and lattice backgrounds, with a leafy flowering tree centered between them; beneath the busts are framed vignette scenes and a central small framed scene on an easel, flanked by artist tools and a basket of fruit and flowers; large decorative urns with floral arrangements stand at the outer edges, and an elaborate cartouche and wreath motif appear below, all rendered in fine sepia linework with dense hatching and ornamental scrollwork.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B15_244
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Available size
45.8Mb (6.2Mb) / 10.9in x 16.3in / 3277 x 4886 (300dpi)