Design for a Clock, Title Page to 'Cahier de six Pendules'
Design for a clock with two putti supporting an urn. The urn's upper frieze is calibrated for the clock movements and a winding snake indicates the time. The putti are attached to the base in which the legs turn into foliage and connects them.
Artwork Details
- Title: Design for a Clock, Title Page to 'Cahier de six Pendules'
- Artist: Jean François Forty (French, active Paris, 1775–90)
- Etcher: C. Colinet (French)
- Publisher: Jacques François Chereau (French, Paris 1742–1794 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1770
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Overall: 10 9/16 × 7 13/16 in. (26.8 × 19.8 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Gift of the Estate of Ogden Codman, 1951
- Object Number: 51.644.536
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Jean François Forty
ca. 1770
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late 18th century
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