Composition with Antique Fragments

c. 1782

Jean Jacques Lagrenée II

Associated Names
Jean Jacques Lagrenée II

Artist, French, 1739 - 1821

The image displays several ornate objects, including large urns and vessels adorned with detailed human and mythical figures. The color palette consists of various shades of sepia, rendering the image in a monochromatic brown tone. In the foreground, a large urn is tilted with its detailed carvings visible, and a helmet with a plume lies nearby. A decorative column stands with a carved face medallion, while in the background, foliage decorates the space behind a large, elevated bowl. An amphora with a detailed figure leans against a column-like structure, next to another pot patterned with intricate designs.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, aquatint, and lift-ground aquatint printed in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.7 × 29.1 cm (8 9/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 43.3 × 58.1 cm (17 1/16 × 22 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.91.37

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Baudicour, no. 49, State ii/ii

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. 49, ii/ii

1930

  • IFF (1700): no. 51

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