108 plates from "Nouvelle Iconologie Historique", tome 1
This group of prints consists of 108 plates from the volume Nouvelle Iconologie Historique, published in 1768 by Jean Charles Delafosse. Delafosse's designs were principally aimed at architects and interior decorators, but they are also given iconographical themes per series, some of which are self-evident while others are rather enigmatic. The prints are divided over a bound album, four fascicles in 20th-century blue and red wove paper wrappers, and one loose plate. They were acquired in this manner and demonstrate how dealers would often break up larger series into smaller groupings for sales purposes.
Artwork Details
- Title: 108 plates from "Nouvelle Iconologie Historique", tome 1
- Series/Portfolio: Nouvelle Iconologie Historique
- Artist: Jean Charles Delafosse (French, Paris 1734–1789 Paris)
- Publisher: Cuny François Daumont (French, Metz 1717–1768 Paris)
- Publisher: Le Pere et Avaulet
- Publisher: Jacques François Chereau (French, Paris 1742–1794 Paris)
- Date: 1768
- Medium: Etching, engraving
- Dimensions: Album: 18 1/8 × 13 9/16 × 13/16 in. (46 × 34.5 × 2 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Gift of Colin Eisler in honor of Nadine Orenstein, 2024
- Object Number: 2024.78.2.1–.108
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Multiple artists/makers
1770
Jean Charles Delafosse
before 1789
Jean Charles Delafosse
Dumont
ca. 1770
Jean Charles Delafosse
ca. 1768
Jean Charles Delafosse
18th century
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