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1784

Jean Jacques Lagrenée II

Associated Names
Jean Jacques Lagrenée II

Artist, French, 1739 - 1821

This is a drawing of a classical scene featuring a stone basin. The image includes classical elements, a plaque with inscriptions "Recueil de Desseins" and "1784," two figures at a basin adorned with a lion's head, architectural elements like columns with circular decorations, a large vase, classical machinery, foliage extending from the left, and a pedestal with a small figure. The drawing is detailed, emphasizing texture and ornamentation.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper, laid down on a mount

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 18.7 × 26.6 cm (7 3/8 × 10 1/2 in.)
    mount: 21.5 × 28.5 cm (8 7/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.91.35

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Baudicour, no. undesc; IFF 26

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1859

  • de Baudicour, Prosper. Le peintre-graveur français continué, ou catalogue raisonné des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'école française nés dans le XVIIIe siècle. Paris, 1861, no. undesc.

1930

  • IFF (1700): no. 26.

Inscriptions

on tablet in image: Recueil de Desseins ala Plume / de Composition et d'apres l'antique, par / J. J. Lagrenée, multiplies par l'art du / Polytype / 1784

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