Three designs for painted decorative motifs featuring griffins and scrollwork
Medium
pen and ink, wash and watercolor over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
Overall: 19 3/8 x 13 3/8 in. (49.2 x 34 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Dodge Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.827.323
Tags
Art Historical Context
This captivating sheet, * Designs for Painted Decorativeifs Featuring Griffins andwork*, comes from the of French artists Jules-mond-Charles Lacha and Eugène-Pierre Gour, active between 183 and 1897. with pen and ink,, and watercolor over graphite wove paper (me 19⅜ × 13⅜ inches), exemplifies 19th-century drawings for ornamental decoration.oused in the Metropolitan Museum Art's Drawings and Prints department, acquired through the Dodge Fund in 1967, these designs blend mythical griffins—fierce, lion-eagle hybrids symbolizing strength and guardianship—with intricate scrollwork, evoking classica...
About the Artist
Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise|Eugène-Pierre Gourdet · 1897–1897
Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, born Jules Lachaise on September 2, 1836, in Paris, emerged as a prominent French painter and draughtsman specializing in lavish interior decorations during the Second Empire and beyond. Little is known about his early life and formal training, though he married Berthe Gourdet in 1866, forging a close professional partnership with her brother, the decorator Eugène-Pi...