Horizontal Panel with a Row of Flowers Above a Frieze with Figures in a Landscape, from "Livre Nouveau de Fleurs Tres-Util"

1645

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At top, a horizontal panel with a row of flowers, including a columbine at right. Below, a frieze with figures in a landscape. At right, a seated couple seen from behind, with a townscape in the background at left. From a series of twelve plates with rows of flowers above friezes with landscapes, etched by Cochin, published by Balthazar Moncornet in Paris in 1645, and dedicated to the goldsmith, Jean de Leins. The prints are executed in a combination of etching, for the landscape, and burin, for the flowers.

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Title: Horizontal Panel with a Row of Flowers Above a Frieze with Figures in a Landscape, from "Livre Nouveau de Fleurs Tres-Util"
Series/Portfolio: Livre Nouveau de Fleurs Tres-Util Pour L'Art D'orfevrerie, Et Autres
Artist: Nicolas Cochin (French, Troyes 1610–1686 Paris)
Publisher: Balthazar Moncornet (French, Rouen 1600–1668 Paris)
Published in: Paris
Date: 1645
Medium: Etching and burin
Dimensions: Sheet: 2 15/16 × 4 5/8 in. (7.4 × 11.7 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Object Number: 53.600.261(11)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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