Ornamental designs with grotesques and scrolling acanthus leaves after Aldegrever, Delacolombe, and Ducerceau
Page of book containing 185 leaves with a collection of lithographs, aquatints, engravings, and other media, with ornamental designs published by Fleury Chavant in Paris, part of the publication "Guide du Dessinateur de l'industrie: une macédoine de dessins variés , tels que fleurs, ornemens, etc. ... Ouvrage destiné aux fabricants et dessinateurs de soieries... et Papiers Peints..." This plate contains various ornamental designs with grotesques and scrolling acanthus leaves after Aldegrever, Delacolombe, and Ducerceau. The designs include several garlands with scrolling acanthus leaves, one of them with a grotesque head crowned with large acanthus leaves from which emerge the scrolling leaves, three ornamental ewers with one handle, also decorated with leaves, and one of them with a grotesque on the lid, and other ornamental designs with different kinds of scrolling acanthus leaves, some also featuring scrolling strapwork, grotesques and shell motifs. The designs are executed with black ink on thin, light brown paper.
Artwork Details
- Title: Ornamental designs with grotesques and scrolling acanthus leaves after Aldegrever, Delacolombe, and Ducerceau
- Artist: After Heinrich Aldegrever (German, Paderborn ca. 1502–1555/1561 Soest)
- Artist: After Paul Androuet Ducerceau (French, 1623–1710)
- Printer: Printed by Imprimerie Lesauvage (French, active Paris, second half 19th century)
- Publisher: Published by Blaisot (French, active ca. 1812–41)
- Editor: Edited by Fleury Chavant (French, 19th century)
- Published in: Paris
- Date: [after 1844]
- Medium: Lithograph
- Dimensions: Sheet: 9 7/16 × 12 3/16 in. (24 × 31 cm)
Book: 12 3/8 in. × 10 in. × 1 5/16 in. (31.5 × 25.4 × 3.3 cm) - Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Gift of Edith P. Blase, 1944
- Object Number: 44.91.783(113)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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