First Book of Vases
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
13 3/16 x 10 13/16 x 1/4 in. (33.5 x 27.4 x 0.6 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
Accession Number
33.71.2(1-12)
Tags
RamsVases
About the Artist
Edme Bouchardon|Chez Huquier|Gabriel Huquier · 1698–1762
Born 29 May 1698; died 27 July 1762. Bouchardon was a student of Guillaume Coustou, and won the prix de Rome in 1722. He spent ten years (1722-1732) in Rome, Italy working on various projects for Pope Clement XII. In 1732 Bouchardon was recalled to Paris and named sculptor to the king. Bouchardon became a professor at the Académie Royale in 1746. He worked on an equestrian monument of Louis XV, Ki...