Ornamental Vase Designs
Medium
Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number
1921-6-458-5
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**Ornamental Vase** is a delicate print created by Théodore Bertren, artist active in France during 18th century, 1772. Housed in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Smithsonian Collection, this work exemplifies the era's fascination with elegant decorative motifs. Acquired through purchase by the Museum's Advisory Council, it the institution's commitment to preserving influential European designs that bridged artistic traditions across continents. In the opulent world of 18th-century France, under the waning Rococo style and emerging Neoclassicism, prints like Bertren's served as vital blu...