Who created "Design for a Ewer"?

Design for a Ewer was created by Jean Charles Delafosse in 1734–91.

When was "Design for a Ewer" created?

This artwork was created 1734–91.

What medium is "Design for a Ewer"?

Design for a Ewer is Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash..

Is "Design for a Ewer" in the public domain?

Yes, Design for a Ewer is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Design for a Ewer

Jean Charles Delafosse

1734–91

Medium

Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash.

Dimensions

9 5/8 x 5 9/16 in. (24.4 x 14.1 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880

Accession Number

80.3.664

Tags

Female NudesEwers

Art Historical Context

Step into the elegant world of 18th-century French decorative arts with Jean-Charles Delafosse's *Design for a Ewer*, a delicate preparatory drawing from around the late 1700s. Delafosse (1734–1791), a versatile French artist, engraver, and designer, specialized in ornamental motifs blending Rococo exuberance with emerging Neoclassical restraint. This sheet sketches a luxurious ewer—a graceful pitcher for serving water—adorned with flowing female nudes, likely symbolizing abundance or classical graces, which were popular embellishments on high-end silverware and metalwork of the Louis XVI era....

About the Artist

Jean Charles Delafosse · 1734–1789

French architect. Comment on works: architect; copper engraver Comment on works: Architect; Draughtsman; Ornamentist; Engraver

Design for a Ewer

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