Panel with a Group of Three Vases at Left and a Candlestick to the Right, with Ruins in the Background, from a Series with Vases and Candlesticks in Landscapes
Vertical panel with two vases in the forefront at left and the foot of a third visible between them. The vase at far left has two bands with friezes and handles formed from mask head's. The other vase has a horned mask at center with the ends of a garland in its mouth. To the right of this group, a candlestick with lions on the foot and bull's heads on the neck. In the background, ruins with three arches. From a group of three plates printed in red and published by Henry II Bonnart in Paris.
Artwork Details
- Title: Panel with a Group of Three Vases at Left and a Candlestick to the Right, with Ruins in the Background, from a Series with Vases and Candlesticks in Landscapes
- Publisher: Published by Henri II Bonnart (French, Paris 1642–1711 Paris)
- Published in: Amsterdam
- Date: 18th century
- Medium: Engraving, etching in red-brown ink
- Dimensions: Plate: 12 1/4 × 7 11/16 in. (31.1 × 19.6 cm)
Sheet: 10 3/4 × 7 3/8 in. (27.3 × 18.7 cm) - Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1961
- Object Number: 61.558.1(7)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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