Vase with Two Fantastic Heads

1768

Jean-Laurent Legeay

Associated Names
Jean-Laurent Legeay

Artist, French, c. 1710 - after 1788

The image shows a large ornate urn in a natural setting with sepia tones. The urn is decorated with intricate patterns and figures. Additional stone elements and foliage are visible in the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.4 × 16.1 cm (7 5/8 × 6 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 38.7 × 26.4 cm (15 1/4 × 10 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1978.2.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Erouart 1982, no. 131

  • Series Title

    Vases

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1982

  • Erouart, Gilbert. Architettura come pittura: Jean-Laurent Legeay un piranesiano francese nell'Europa dei Lumi. Milan: Electa Editrice, 1982.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image, at left: J.L. Le Geay. inv. et sculpsit; at bottom center in graphite in later hand: 692 / Legeay / (5 Bee); at bottom left in graphite in later hand: 1988; at bottom right in graphite in later hand: 7; verso: at bottom right in graphite in later hand: B-30,427

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65572267

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