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 afterJean Berain, Delacolombe, and Polidoro da Caravaggio. On the upper part of the sheet is a design for a frame, made up of two winged putti, one of them holding a thin branch with three flowers, flanked to the sides by scrolling waves and stylized scrolling acanthus leaves; the sides of the frame are a continuation of the scrolling acanthus leaves. Under this frame are a design for a frame corner made up of a vertical strap flanked by a bundle of scrolling leaves, the corner marked by a stylized shell, flanked by scrolling leaves and a thin, undulating branch with leaves. Next to it is a small garland of scrolling leaves, and an ornamental design with a knot that flanks a stylized shell motif, framed by scrolling acanthus leaves. Under them are an ornamental vase with one handle made up of scrolling acanthus leaves, holding elongated scrolling leaves, and with a swan standing in front of it, a helmet with a horned grotesque flanked by scrolling motifs on the front, and a verical garland of thin, scrolling acanthus leaves. The lower-left corner presents a design for a frame corner, made up of a stylized shell framed by a C-scroll with interlacing acanthus leaves. The lower-right corned presents another design for a frame corner, made up of straps and rich, scrolling acanthus leaves and bundles of wheat ears, the side also containing a stylized shell motif with a winged putto playing with a stick on it. 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 Jean Berain (French, Saint-Mihiel 1640–1711 Paris)
- Artist: After Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, Caravaggio ca. 1499–ca. 1543 Messina)
- 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(124)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Jean Berain
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1655–1711
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