La Brouette (The Bath Chair) from Premier Essai de Papilloneries Humaines
Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin French
Not on view
Butterflies masquerade as bath-chair attendants in this delicate vignette designed and etched by Saint-Aubin. A leading eighteenth-century designer of fabric and embroidery patterns, the artist also produced two sets of prints in which insects assume human roles. Intended as witty satires, their tone derives from the recently coined French verb papillonner, which means to act in a lighthearted or impulsive way.
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