Horizontal Panel with Two Large Urns, with a Woman Blowing a Trumpet at Left and a River God at Right, from Nouveaux Liure de Vases et de Pots de Jardins, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot
Horizontal panel with two large urns with lids flanking a smaller urn with a mask at center. The urn at left does not have handles and is decorated with a scene with a woman playing a trumpet next to a deer. The urn at right has handles and is decorated with a scene with a triton and a river god. From a series of six plates with designs for garden vases and urns. Each print has two large vases and, in five of the six, a smaller vase in the middle. The series was included in the complete works of Marot, published in 1703.
Artwork Details
- Title: Horizontal Panel with Two Large Urns, with a Woman Blowing a Trumpet at Left and a River God at Right, from Nouveaux Liure de Vases et de Pots de Jardins, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot
- Series/Portfolio: Nouveaux Liure de Vases et de Pots de Jardins
- Artist: Daniel Marot the Elder (French, Paris 1661–1752 The Hague)
- Publisher: Published by Pierre Husson , The Hague
- Published in: The Hague
- Date: published 1703 or 1712
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 13 9/16 in. (21.6 × 34.4 cm)
Plate: 7 5/16 × 10 11/16 in. (18.5 × 27.1 cm) - Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
- Object Number: 30.4(103)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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