Globe with Mapping Instruments
18th century
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 9 7/8 in. × 4 in. (25.1 × 10.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Henry W. Kent, 1941
Accession Number
41.44.1224
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the Enlightenment's world of discovery with *Globe with Mapping Instruments*, an exquisite 18th-century etching engraving by French sculptor Edme Bouchardon and engraver Etienne Fessard This intimate print, measuring just 9 7/8 × 4 inches, captures a terrestrial globe surrounded by precision tools like telescopes and mapping devices, evoking the era's passion for science and exploration. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Drawings and Prints department, was generously gifted by Henry W. Kent in 1941. Bouchardon's design reflects the Rococo elegance blended with neoclassical pr...
About the Artist
Edme Bouchardon|Etienne Fessard · 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...