Jean Le Pautre Etching, Allegory of Painting, Putti, 17th C French Baroque
Painting sits at her easel inside an oval, and the whole world crowds in around her: putti tumbling through acanthus scrolls, river gods sprawled at the corners, a garland passed hand to hand overhead. An original etching designed and etched by Jean Le Pautre (1618-1682), the ornamaker whose Baroque vocabulary furnished the Louis XIV interior and whose plates are held by the Metropolitan Museum. Signed in the plate "I. le Potre In. et fecit" and carrying the Paris address of the printseller Le Blond, a la Cloche d'Argent, rue St Denis. Le Blond issued Le Pautre's plates from about 1651, a century before the Jombert collected edition that accounts for most surviving impressions. Etching on laid paper, 11.8 x 8.7 in.
Condition:
Stains and a vertical center fold running the full height of the sheet, with light overall toning and small nicks and losses at the edges and corners. An old ink inscription and pencil notations on the verso.
Origin: France (Paris) · Date: 17th century · Dimensions: 11.81 x 8.66 in (30 x 22 cm)
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