Fantastic Flowers with Oyster-shell Blossoms

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 contains large butterfly-like shapes in the lower half, with concentric patterns in shades of yellow, blue, and brown. Above are lush green fern leaves with red and pink clusters of flowers. The color palette includes green, yellow, brown, red, and pink. The butterflies are positioned lower in the image, while the ferns and flowers extend diagonally from left to top-right.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching inked à la poupée in green, blue, red, purple, golden brown, and yellow on pale green wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.6 x 13.8 cm (7 11/16 x 5 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 26 x 23.3 cm (10 1/4 x 9 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.60.2

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 91, as Fantastic Flowers with Oyster-Shell Blossoms by Anne Allen after Jean-Baptiste Pillement.

Bibliography

2003

  • Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004: no. 91.

Wikidata ID

Q74069618

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