Woman Carrying a Basket on Her Head

Jean Mignon

Associated Names
Jean Mignon

Artist, French, active 1543 - active c. 1545

The sculpture features a figure resembling a classical or mythological character with a partially draped and muscular torso standing on a simple base. The figure wears a headdress made of fruits and leaves. Beside the central figure, two decorative elements hang from curved structures resembling vessels with what seems to be smoke or steam rising. Below, two symmetrical ornamental vases with floral motifs, each featuring a human-like face with wings flank the figure. The overall composition appears elaborately detailed, emphasizing historical artwork intricacies.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 26.8 × 18.2 cm (10 9/16 × 7 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.853

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Zerner 1969, no. 9, State i/ii

  • Series Title

    Series of Twenty Terminals [Zerner 1969 9-28]

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1969

  • Zerner, Henri. Ecole de Fontainebleau, gravures.Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1969. English ed. The School of Fontainebleau, etchings and engravings. London: Thames and Hudson, 1969.

Wikidata ID

Q65510073

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