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Engraved by B. Audran
Title
English: Print, Frontispiece, Soleil executé en argent pour les religieuses Carmelites de Poitiers en 1727, Livre d'Orfeverie d'Eglise, Treisieme Livre des Oeuvres de J. A. Messionnier (Silver Sun Made by the Carmelites of Poitiers in 1727), 1740
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English: Candlestick on footed pedestal; curved feet and central medallion depicting a lamb. Flanking pedestal are two putti heads gazing upward. Body of candlestick made of twisted grapevines and bunches of grapes, leaves, and wheat stalks; ends in a large sun-like mirror surrounded by rays and nine putti heads.
Date 1740
date QS:P571,+1740-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium engraving on white laid paper
Dimensions 47.8 x 21.9 cm (18 13/16 x 8 5/8 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1921-6-212-36
Credit line Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Notes
  • Type: Print
  • Inscribed: Inscribed in plate, upper left: N; upper center: Livre d'Orfeverie d'Eglise Treisième Livre / des Oeuvres de J. A. Meissionnier; upper right: 78; lower center: Soleil Executé en argent pour les Religieuses Carmelites de Poitiers en 1727. / A Paris chés Huquier rue St. Jacque au coin de celle des Mathurins C.P.R.
  • Period: Rococo
  • Country: France
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