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Drawing, Design for an Ornament Panel
This is a Drawing. It was designed by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier. It is dated 1733–34 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and brown and black ink, black chalk, brush and yellow, pale green, gray, and brown washes on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This design showing a putto playing with an eagle or phoenix set against rays of sunlight probably alludes to the birth of the son of Louis XV and Maria Lesczynska, which ensured the continuation of the royal line. Gabriel Huquier’s etching after this drawing appeared among the earliest group of Meissonnier prints published by the Widow Chéreau in 1734.
This object was
donated by
Advisory Council.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
Its dimensions are
10 × 17.8 cm (3 15/16 in. × 7 in.)
It has the following markings
Signed in ink, lower left: Meissonier. [sic]
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for an Ornament Panel; Designed by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (French, b. Italy, 1695–1750); France; pen and brown and black ink, black chalk, brush and yellow, pale green, gray, and brown washes on white laid paper; 10 × 17.8 cm (3 15/16 in. × 7 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-215
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008.
