"Tomb of Rousseau"
ca. 1790
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
L. 104 x W. 38 inches 264.2 x 96.5 cm
Classification
Textiles-Printed
Culture
French, Nantes
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1930
Accession Number
30.89
Tags
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts collection, where you'll find the striking printed cotton textile *Tomb of Rousseau* by Petitpierre et Cie, a renowned firm from Nantes, France, circa 1790. Measuring an impressive 104 by 38 inches, this vividly patterned fabric captures a pastoral scene featuring Rousseau's tomb amid windmills, grazing cows, trees, and other animals. Created during the eve of the French Revolution, it reflects the era's fascination with Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the Enlightenment philosopher whose ideas on nature and simplicity in...