Joaillerie: Album of Jewelry Designs, Page 1
1770 or after
Medium
Brown ink
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 1/4 in. × 8 in. (13.3 × 20.3 cm)
Classification
Albums|Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
Accession Number
32.129(2)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, where encounter *Joaillerie: Album Jewelry Designs, Page *, a delicate brown ink drawing from 1770 or later. Attributed to L. van der Cruycen or an French artist, this modest sheet (5¼ × 8 inches) opens an album of exquisite jewelry sketches, capturing the refined artistry of late 18th-century France. These designs reflect the opulent world of aristocratic fashion during the twilight of the Ancien Régime, when jewelry symbolized status and sophistication. Crafted in precise brown ink, the page exemplifies the meticulo...
About the Artist
L. van der Cruycen|Anonymous, French (French|Flemish (?)) · 1400 |1750 –2050 |1780
|Flemish?, active Brussels and Paris, ca. 1760–80