Design for Wall Decor Painted with Putti and Dogs
Medium
Gouache
Dimensions
16 1/2 x 9 1/8 in. (41.9 x 23.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1968
Accession Number
68.684.10
Tags
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, where you'll find *Design for Wall Decor Painted with Put and Dogs*, a charming gouache by French artists-Edmond-Charlesachaise and Eugène Gourdet, created before1889. Measuring a modest 16½ x 9⅛ inches, this preparatory captures the whimsical spirit of19th-century interior design envisioning playful puttithose endearing, chubby cherubic figures rooted in Renaissance and Baroque traditions—frolicking alongside lively dogs. Gouache, an opaque watercolor medium prized for its vibrant colors and smooth finish, was ideal ...
About the Artist
Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise|Eugène-Pierre Gourdet · 1897–1897
Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, born Jules Lachaise on September 2, 1836, in Paris, emerged as a prominent French painter and draughtsman specializing in lavish interior decorations during the Second Empire and beyond. Little is known about his early life and formal training, though he married Berthe Gourdet in 1866, forging a close professional partnership with her brother, the decorator Eugène-Pi...