Two Designs for Chinese Lanterns, possibly meant for the Decoration of a Wall Panel
Anonymous, French, 18th century|Pierre Adrien Pâris
ca. 1768-1780
Medium
Graphite
Dimensions
14 1/4 x 9 3/8 in. (36.2 x 23.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1938
Accession Number
38.98.19
Tags
Chinoiserie
About the Artist
Anonymous, French, 18th century|Pierre Adrien Pâris · 1700–1800
The artist known as Anonymous, French, 18th century, represents a collective of unidentified talents active roughly between 1700 and 1800, a period of profound artistic evolution in France from the opulent Rococo to the austere dawn of Neoclassicism and Revolutionary fervor. Little is documented about their personal training or mentors, as their anonymity obscures individual biographies, though th...