Design for a Rocaille Cartouche with the Figure of Justitia, Plate 2 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
2014.97.16
Tags
Art Historical Context
This enchanting etching, titled *Design for a Rocaille Cart with the Figure of Just, Plate 2* from an untitled series was printed around 1750–56 by a collaborative team including Jacob Gottlieb Thelot, Martin Engelbrecht, andemias Wachsmuth.oused in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, this 8 7/16 × 13 3/4-inch plate exemplifies mid-18th-century ornamental. At its center stands Justitia, the Roman goddess of justice, poised within an elaborate rocaille cartouche—a scrolled, shell-like frame brimming with playful putti (cherubic figures) and sinuous snakes, evoking a...
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