Panel with a Group of Three Vases and a Candlestick, with Ruins in the Background, from a Series with Vases and Candlesticks in Landscapes
Vertical panel with three vases at an angle and a candlestick in front of the vase at left. The vase at right is broken at the neck and decorated with a frieze with Neptune on a shell pulled by seahorses. The vase at center has central band with figures on boats at sea. In the background at right, ruins. At left, a broken column. From a group of three plates printed in red that may be copies after a series by Daniel Marot. The inscriptions give the name and address of Henry II Bonnart, a publisher working in Paris.
Artwork Details
- Title: Panel with a Group of Three Vases and a Candlestick, 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 3/16 × 7 5/8 in. (31 × 19.4 cm)
Sheet: 10 11/16 × 7 9/16 in. (27.1 × 19.2 cm) - Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1961
- Object Number: 61.558.1(9)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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