Three putti holding aloft a garland
second half 19th century
Medium
graphite on wove paper
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Dodge Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.827.440
Tags
About this artwork
Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise|Eugène-Pierre Gourdet's "Three putti holding aloft a garland" (second half 19th century) The work, executed in graphite on wove paper, dates from a period of significant artistic development. Prints served crucial roles in disseminating artistic ideas and images across geographic and social boundaries. This work provides valuable insights into Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise|Eugène-Pierre Gourdet's artistic practice and the broader cultural and material contexts of it...
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...