Vignette with Coin on a Cloud with Roses to the left and Doves Below and to the Right, Tome I, Page 148, from Description des Principales Pierres gravées du Cabinet de S.A.S. Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans Premier Prince du sang. A Paris chez M. l'abbé de la Chau au Palais-Royal M. l'abbé Le Blond au collége Mazarin Et chez Pissot, libraire, quai des Augustins
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 11/16 in. (29.5 × 22 cm) Plate: 11 3/8 × 8 3/8 in. (28.9 × 21.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and The Elisha Whittelsey Funds, 1961
Accession Number
61.653.35(3)
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate etching, created by Augustin de Saint-Aubin around 1778–80, graces page 148 of Tome I in *Description des Principales Pier gravées du Cabinet de.A.S. Monse le Duc d'Orléans Titled *Vignette with Coin a Cloud with Roses to left and Doves Below to the Right*, it a central coin perched on clouds, framed by blooming roses on the left andoing doves below and to the right. Playful putti (cherubic figures) and human forms add a whimsical touch, evoking the ornate vignettes that decorated 18th-century catalogs of noble art collections. Printed in Paris by publishers including Pissot, L'...
About the Artist
Augustin de Saint-Aubin|Pissot|L'Abbé La Chau|L'Abbé Le Blond · 1736–1807
Comment on works: Illustrator; Engraver