Caption
Ornamental vase with seed beads and putti, Series with seed beads and vases, Nouveau Livre de forme d'ornemens rocaille, et vase, print, album page, ornamental print, Series number, 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 243 mm x width 180 mm, seed bead ornament, garden cascade, An intricate pen-and-ink scene showing large, curling shell-like forms with dense parallel hatching and flowing contours, a cluster of three cherub-like figures nestled within one upper curl, delicate wispy cloud shapes in the background, finely rendered foliage and slender plant stems along the right and lower margins, and layered textured shading creating a sense of depth across the organic, wave-like structures.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B25_488
License type
Rights managed
Available size
36.4Mb (10.6Mb) / 10.4in x 13.7in / 3105 x 4099 (300dpi)