Lot Essay
Another design from the same series, also from the collection of the Comtesse de Béhague, is in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York (inv. no. 1997.84)
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A nymph balancing a vase of fruit and flowers on her head flanked by vines and swags of flowers; and Venus and Cupid standing on a globe and flanked with garlands: Designs for boiseries
Details
Gilles-Paul Cauvet (Aix-en-Provence 1731-1788 Paris)
A nymph balancing a vase of fruit and flowers on her head flanked by vines and swags of flowers; and Venus and Cupid standing on a globe and flanked with garlands: Designs for boiseries
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18 5/8 x 7 3/8 in. (473 x 188 mm.) and 18½ x 7 7/8 in. (470 x 199 mm.)
A nymph balancing a vase of fruit and flowers on her head flanked by vines and swags of flowers; and Venus and Cupid standing on a globe and flanked with garlands: Designs for boiseries
red chalk
18 5/8 x 7 3/8 in. (473 x 188 mm.) and 18½ x 7 7/8 in. (470 x 199 mm.)
Provenance
Martine Marie Pol, Comtesse de Béhague (1870-1939).
Engraved
By Mlle. Liotter L'Ainée for Cauvet's Receuil d'Ornaments à l'usage des jeunes artistes qui se destinent à la décorations des bâtiments, Paris, 1777.