The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 21 (1986)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 21

"A Japanned Secretaire in the Linsky Collection with Decorations After Boucher and Pillement"

Kisluk-Grosheide, Daniëlle O.

1986

9 pages

This title is out of print.

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About the authors

Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide

Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide is the Henry R. Kravis Curator in the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts.

Daniëlle Grosheide

Met Art in Publication

Drop-front secretaire (secrètaire à abattant), René Dubois, Painted and varnished oak, veneered with European lacquer, mahogany, purplewood, gilt-bronze mounts, French, Paris — Drop-front secretaire (secrètaire à abattant)
René Dubois
ca. 1770–75

Fire, from The Four Elements, Pierre Alexandre Aveline French, Etching and engraving — Fire, from The Four Elements
Pierre Alexandre Aveline
1738–49

Air, from The Four Elements, Pierre Alexandre Aveline French, Etching and engraving — Air, from The Four Elements
Pierre Alexandre Aveline
1738–49

Earth, from The Four Elements, Pierre Alexandre Aveline French, Etching and engraving — Earth, from The Four Elements
Pierre Alexandre Aveline
1738–49

Fire, François Boucher French, Red chalk — Fire
François Boucher
ca. 1740

The Five Senses, François Boucher French, Etching and engraving — The Five Senses
François Boucher
1720–70