Arabesque with a Double Parasol

c. 1795

Anne Allen after Jean-Baptiste Pillement

Associated Names
Anne Allen

Artist, French, active 1790s

Jean-Baptiste Pillement

Artist After, French, 1728 - 1808

The image depicts a collection of curving lines and archways creating an abstract composition. Figures resembling humans in period clothing are present on various platforms, with one holding an umbrella. Delicate branches with floral and leaf motifs are intertwined throughout. A prominent umbrella is featured twice in the image. A face with a hat emerges from the top center, blending into the foliage. The design is detailed and whimsical, potentially reminiscent of a garden or treehouse.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching inked à la poupée in gray, black, blue, green-blue, olive green, pink, and yellow-brown

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.5 x 14 cm (7 11/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 22.4 x 17.1 cm (8 13/16 x 6 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.186.2

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1992

  • Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art of Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no. 33.

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 88.

Bibliography

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004: no. 88.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: J.Pillement in.; lower right in plate: Anne Allen Sc.

Wikidata ID

Q74895894

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