Caption
Ornamental vase with seed beads and waterfall, Series with seed beads and vases, Nouveau Livre de forme d'ornemens rocaille, et vase, print, album page, ornamental print, Series number, 6, 7, This print is part of a series and is numbered with a letter H in the upper left corner. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Antoine Aveline, after design by François-Thomas Mondon, publisher: Étienne Charpentier, Paris, grantor of privilege: Louis XV of France, France, 1736, Antoine Aveline, François-Thomas Mondon, Étienne Charpentier, Louis XV of France, printmaker, after design by, publisher, grantor of privilege, paper, etching, height 264 mm x width 184 mm, seed bead ornament, garden cascade, A detailed monochrome etching of curling, layered organic forms resembling shells, waves, and bark, rendered with fine crosshatching and parallel lines; a prominent spiraling shape at the top with textured interior surfaces and scalloped edges flows into bulbous, ribbed volumes and patterned surfaces, while twisting, fluted elements and frilled margins interlock with a vertical, striated trunk-like form; delicate cloudlike shapes and horizontal line shading fill the background, and fragments of leafy or rootlike structures appear at the lower edges.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B25_487
License type
Rights managed
Available size
36.9Mb (9.2Mb) / 10.4in x 13.7in / 3127 x 4121 (300dpi)