Music, La Musique, Livre des Arts, print, ornament print, Series number, 5, 6, Allegory of music. Two putti making music surrounded by sheet music and musical instruments. Publisher number 190., printmaker: Georg Leopold Hertel, after design by François Boucher, publisher: Johann Georg Hertel (I), Augsburg, 1750 - 1778, Bavaria, paper, etching, engraving, height 201 mm x width 298 mm, cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti', 'Musica', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems, A detailed ink drawing of two winged cherubic children seated on billowing clouds, one child holding a slender flute to their lips while the other gestures with a thin baton toward an open musical book resting between them; the children have curled hair, soft rounded features, and small feathered wings, and are partially draped with flowing cloth; surrounding them are stylized clouds rendered with fine crosshatching, a small round drum lies near the open book, and a lyre shape is visible behind the book, wit...
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Music, La Musique, Livre des Arts, print, ornament print, Series number, 5, 6, Allegory of music. Two putti making music surrounded by sheet music and musical instruments. Publisher number 190., printmaker: Georg Leopold Hertel, after design by François Boucher, publisher: Johann Georg Hertel (I), Augsburg, 1750 - 1778, Bavaria, paper, etching, engraving, height 201 mm x width 298 mm, cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti', 'Musica', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems, A detailed ink drawing of two winged cherubic children seated on billowing clouds, one child holding a slender flute to their lips while the other gestures with a thin baton toward an open musical book resting between them; the children have curled hair, soft rounded features, and small feathered wings, and are partially draped with flowing cloth; surrounding them are stylized clouds rendered with fine crosshatching, a small round drum lies near the open book, and a lyre shape is visible behind the book, with an additional bird tucked near the lower child.

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Music La Musique Livre des Arts print ornament print Series number 5 6 Allegory music Two putti music surrounded sheet music musical instruments Publisher number 190 printmaker Georg Leopold Hertel design François Boucher publisher Johann Georg Hertel I Augsburg 1750 - 1778 Bavaria paper etching engraving height 201 mm x width 298 mm cupids amores amoretti putti Musica symbolic representations allegories emblems detailed ink drawing two winged cherubic children seated billowing clouds child holding slender flute lips gestures thin baton open musical book resting them children curled hair soft rounded features small feathered wings partially draped flowing cloth surrounding them stylized clouds rendered fine crosshatching small round drum lies near open book lyre shape visible book additional bird tucked lower child

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