Putti Playing in a Fanciful Landscape

Jean Cousin the Younger

Associated Names
Jean Cousin the Younger

Artist, French, c. 1522 - c. 1594

The image shows a landscape with a distant horizon featuring trees, buildings, and ruins. The detailed linework and textured effect create a monochromatic appearance with figures engaging in activities near a body of water. Lush trees and rocks are spread across the scene, leading the eye towards architectural decay in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 16.3 x 24 cm (6 7/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1990.46.1

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1959

  • Passavant VI, p.193, no.107 (under Leonard Thiry de Deventer).

1969

  • Herbet, Félix. Les Graveurs de l'Ecole de Fontainebleau (Amsterdam, 1969), p.47, no.11 (under Monogramist L.D.).

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: H.191; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 844906 [c]yB

Wikidata ID

Q74885063

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