Man in a Niche

Jean Mignon

Associated Names
Jean Mignon

Artist, French, active 1543 - active c. 1545

This image depicts a sculpture with a male figure. The design features a symmetrical composition with a muscular male torso merging into decorative elements. The figure wears a headdress with seaweed-like details. The sculpture is surrounded by hanging chains with matching motifs. A mask-like face is at the top, and another face is at the bottom of the design.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 26.7 × 18.2 cm (10 1/2 × 7 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.856

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Zerner 1969, no. 12, 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

Q65510076

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