Suite des Vases Tirée du Cabinet de Monsieur Du Tillot Marquis de Felino
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Book: 19 1/16 x 13 13/16 x 1/2 in. (48.4 x 35.1 x 1.2 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
Accession Number
30.58.7
Tags
Art Historical Context
Created in 1771, *Suite des Vases Tirée du Cabinet de Monsieur Du Tillot Marquis de Felino* is a finely etched volume that captures the refined taste of eighteenth-century European collectors. Published as a book of measuring roughly 19 by 14 inches, the work reproduces elegant vase forms drawn from the celebrated cabinet of Léon Guillaume Du Tillot, Marquis de Felino. The etchings, executed after designs by Ennemond Alexandre Petitot and realized by Benigno Bossi, celebrate the graceful silhouettes and ornamental details of classical vessels. The imagery blends delicate foliage with fragment...
About the Artist
Ennemond Alexandre Petitot|Benigno Bossi|Léon Guillaume Du Tillot · 1727–1801
Recipient of the Grand Prix in 1745. Court architect to the Bourbons of Parma. Became a citizen of Parma in 1758. Elected a member of the Académie royale d'architecture (France) in Paris in 1762. Macmillan mentions that Petitot worked as urban planner, inventor of decorative displays, technician of hydraulic engineering, engraver and planner of festivals. French architect, printmaker and designer,...