Design for a Rocaille Cartouche with the Figure of a Putto, Plate 3 from an untitled series with architectural cartouches and allegorical figures
Printed ca. 1750–56
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Overall: 8 7/16 × 13 3/4 in. (21.5 × 35 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture|Albums
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Daniel Ergmann Gift, 2014
Accession Number
2014.97.17
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the exuberant world of mid-18th-century Roc design with this etching, *Design for a Rocailleouche with the Figure of Putto*, Plate 3 from an untitled of architectural cartouches andorical figures. Created around 1750–56 by a collaboration of engravers Jacob Gottlieb Thelot, Martinbrecht, and Jeremiassmuth—prominent figures in Augsburg's printmaking scene—this print measures a modest 8 7/16 × 13 3/4 inches, perfect for an artist's reference album. Rocaille style, with its playful asymmetry, scrolling shells, and organic flourishes, defined the decorative arts of the Rococo era, react...
About the Artist
Jacob Gottlieb Thelot|Martin Engelbrecht|Jeremias Wachsmuth (Central European|German|German) · |1700 |1684 – |1790 |1756
German, Augsburg 1708–1760 Augsburg|German, active Augsburg, ca. 1750|German, Augsburg 1684–1756 Augsburg