Title page from "Etchings of Pictures in the Metropolitan Museum New York"
In 1871, the newly established Metropolitan Museum of Art commissioned preeminent French etcher Jules Jacquemart to create a series of prints reproducing paintings from the founding collection. For the title page, the artist drew inspiration from seventeenth-century French flower prints, such as those by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer.
Artwork Details
- Title: Title page from "Etchings of Pictures in the Metropolitan Museum New York"
- Series/Portfolio: Etchings of Pictures in the Metropolitan Museum New York
- Artist: Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart (French, Paris 1837–1880 Paris)
- Publisher: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.
- Date: 1871
- Medium: Etching; third state of three (Gonse)
- Dimensions: Sheet: 18 1/8 × 13 9/16 in. (46 × 34.5 cm)
Plate: 8 × 6 13/16 in. (20.3 × 17.3 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Purchase, 1871, transferred from the Department of Paintings
- Object Number: 19.59.1
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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