Rocaille with sultan with a woman, Le Sultan de Lachine, avec une Esclave, Cinquieme Livre de Figures et Ornements Chinois, Fifth series with Chinese figures and ornaments, print, album page, ornament print, Series number, 4, 7, This series is numbered at the top left with a letter E. Print is made part of an album., printmaker: Antoine Aveline, after design by François-Thomas Mondon, 1736, paper, etching, engraving, height 229 mm x width 179 mm, rocaille ornament, ruler, sovereign, A detailed ink engraving shows two figures standing on an ornate, swirling architectural form with carved volutes and layered contours. The foreground figure wears a long coat or robe, a tall hat with plumes, and holds a slender staff and a fanlike object, while the figure beside them has a flowing dress and an arm draped around the foreground figure’s shoulder. Fine lines form stylized clouds and radiating rays in the upper background, and leafy vegetation and trees appear around the base of the architectu...
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Rocaille with sultan with a woman, Le Sultan de Lachine, avec une Esclave, Cinquieme Livre de Figures et Ornements Chinois, Fifth series with Chinese figures and ornaments, print, album page, ornament print, Series number, 4, 7, This series is numbered at the top left with a letter E. Print is made part of an album., printmaker: Antoine Aveline, after design by François-Thomas Mondon, 1736, paper, etching, engraving, height 229 mm x width 179 mm, rocaille ornament, ruler, sovereign, A detailed ink engraving shows two figures standing on an ornate, swirling architectural form with carved volutes and layered contours. The foreground figure wears a long coat or robe, a tall hat with plumes, and holds a slender staff and a fanlike object, while the figure beside them has a flowing dress and an arm draped around the foreground figure’s shoulder. Fine lines form stylized clouds and radiating rays in the upper background, and leafy vegetation and trees appear around the base of the architectural element. The composition is rendered in delicate crosshatching and decorative curvilinear motifs.

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Rocaille sultan woman Le Sultan de Lachine avec Esclave Cinquieme Livre de Figures et Ornements Chinois Fifth series Chinese figures ornaments print album page ornament print Series number 4 7 series numbered top left letter E Print part album printmaker Antoine Aveline design François-Thomas Mondon 1736 paper etching engraving height 229 mm x width 179 mm rocaille ornament ruler sovereign detailed ink engraving two figures standing ornate swirling architectural form carved volutes layered contours foreground figure wears long coat robe tall hat plumes holds slender staff fanlike object figure beside them flowing dress arm draped foreground figure’s shoulder Fine lines form stylized clouds radiating rays upper background leafy vegetation trees base architectural element composition rendered delicate crosshatching decorative curvilinear motifs

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