VIIIe Cahier d'Arabesques
n.d. [ca. 1780]
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
12 1/8 x 9 3/4 x 1/4 in. (30.8 x 24.7 x 0.7 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1943
Accession Number
43.5(1-5)
Tags
Art Historical Context
**VIIIe Cahier d'Arabesques** *Juste Nathan Boucher and Chéreau, ca. 1780* Etching, 12 1/8 x 9 3/4 in. (30.8 x 24.7 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brisbane Dick Fund, 3 Step into the whimsical world of late 18th-century French decorative arts with *VIIIe Cahier d'Arabesques*, the installment in a series of etched notebooks by Juste Nathanoucher and the Chéreau workshop. Created around 1780, this slim volume captures the elegant fantasy of arabesquesintricate, flowing motifs blending foliage, scrolls, and human figures in a playful dance of ornamentation. As France transitioned fr...
About the Artist
Juste Nathan Boucher|Chereau (French|French) · 1736 | –1782 |
French 1736–1782|French