Claude Augustin Duflos, French, 1700–1786 Search this
Publisher:
Nicolas de Larmessin IV, French, 1684–1755 Search this
Medium:
Etching and engraving on white laid paper
Dimensions:
Platemark: 51 x 25.5 cm (20 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Object Name:
Print
Type:
Print
Made in:
Paris, France
Published in:
Paris, France
Date:
1740
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
One of a set of five panels for a fold-up screen. The other designs in the series include Rocaille (Rock Garden); Hommage Champêtre (Pastorale); and Léda (Leda and the Swan), all etched by Claude Duflos; and Triomphe de Pomone (Triumph of Pomona) etched by Charles Nicolas Cochin the Younger. Shell motif at top. Three putti grasping at berries in the upper portion of the design, to the right of a herm in the personification of Priapus, protector of orchards and gardens, which is at left. Cypress trees at right. Two putti pulling a goat on top of stairs and other putti both helping with the goat and holding berries. Panel framed with leaves, branches and berries.
