Légende
Rocaille with waterfall and two shepherds, Rocaille with waterfall and two country folk (former title), Premier Livre de forme Rocquaille et Cartel, First series of rocaille and cartel ornaments, print, album page, ornamental print, Series number, 6, 7, This series is numbered with a letter A in the upper left corner. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Antoine Aveline, after design by François-Thomas Mondon, grantor of privilege: Louis XV of France, France, 1736, paper, etching, height 240 mm x width 166 mm, rocaille ornament, herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, waterfall, A detailed pen-and-ink drawing shows an ornate architectural fountain with flowing water cascading from carved spouts shaped like a grotesque face, surrounded by elaborate scrollwork, stylized foliage, and curved panels; above the fountain rim two figures in period attire lean on the balustrade, one holding a long staff and wearing a feathered headpiece while the other looks upward, both rendered with delicate linework; tall reedlike plants and a large decorative shell form rise behind the fountain, and layered streams pour into a basin at the base, all depicted on a textured light background.
Crédit
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Notre référence
LZT26B25_457
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
33.7Mo (10.0Mo) / 23.3cm x 36.2cm / 2751 x 4278 (300dpi)