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Drawing, Design for the Hilt of a Hunting Sword
This is a Drawing. It was style of Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier. It is dated ca. 1750 and we acquired it in 1911. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and black wash, gray-blue watercolor on paper, laid down. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
While not by Meissonnier’s hand, this drawing develops the style of rococo ornament on the silversmith’s designs for snuffboxes, lock plates, watch cases, and cane handles. This drawing probably reproduces an existing sword hilt.
This object was
donated by
Advisory Council.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
Its dimensions are
Frame: 50.2 x 39.7 x 2.5 cm (19 3/4 x 15 5/8 x 1 in.) Sheet: 20.9 x 12.1 cm (8 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for the Hilt of a Hunting Sword; Style of Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (French, b. Italy, 1695–1750); France; pen and black ink, brush and black wash, gray-blue watercolor on paper, laid down; Frame: 50.2 x 39.7 x 2.5 cm (19 3/4 x 15 5/8 x 1 in.) Sheet: 20.9 x 12.1 cm (8 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.) Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1911-28-504
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008.
