Design for a Garden Vase with Hunting Theme
ca. 1740
Medium
Pen and brown ink over black chalk, watercolor and white heightening
Dimensions
Sheet: 16 7/8 × 10 7/16 in. (42.8 × 26.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Edward Pearce Casey Fund, 2016
Accession Number
2016.525
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite design for a garden vase by Paul Eg, created around 1740, captures theant spirit of the Rococo era. Egell, a renowned Germansmith and ornamental designer active in Frankfurt andreuth, specialized in intricate decorative objects for Europe's elite. Here, he depicts a grand vase adorned with a lively hunting scene featuring boars pursuing dogs, evoking the aristocratic passion for the hunt and the grandeur of formal gardens. Rendered in pen and brown ink over black chalk, with vibrant watercolor washes and white heightening for dramatic highlights, the drawing showcases Egell's m...