Schelpmotief met wortels, Pierre Quentin Chedel, after Juste Aurèle Meissonnier, 1738 - 1749

Title(s)

Schelpmotief met wortels
C Livre De Legumes (series title)
Oeuvre de Juste Aurele Meissonnier (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1953-166

Catalogue reference

• Berlijn Orn Cat 378-C

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Een schelpmotief met wortels en champignons. Prentnummer 15.

Artist

• print maker: Pierre Quentin Chedel (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Juste Aurèle Meissonnier (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Gabriel Huquier
• Franse kroon (mentioned on object)

Place

Paris

Dating

1738 - 1749

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 163 mm × width 112 mm

What

• scallop, shell ~ ornament
• plants cultivated for their edible roots or tubers, e.g. potato, turnip

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1953

Copyright

Public domain

• Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, dl. 1, p. 59, cat.nr. 378 C
• Les maîtres ornemanistes : dessinateurs, peintres, architectes, sculpteurs et graveurs, p. 155, cat.nr. 16, VII