A rectangular print in black on off-white paper that includes designs within various shapes.
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A rectangular print in black on off-white paper. Circles dominate the left and right sides of the sheet, while a large oval commands the top middle of the sheet. Below that a circle and a rectangle are flanked by foliage. Each shape is decorated with intertwined foliage and shapes to create elaborate designs.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.73
People
Pierre Bourdon, French (active 1703 - 1707)
Title
Moresque and Foliate Designs for Watchcases and Other Goldsmith's Work, Featuring an Oval with Pearls and Gems
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Second Book of Examples of Engraving
Original Language Title: Livre Second Essais de Gravure
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1703
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/349723

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 10.8 x 16.3 cm (4 1/4 x 6 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: purple stamp, rectangular outline border: SE [E is backward] [Lugt 906, mark of Eduard Schultze]
  • (not assigned): incsribed verso, graphite: 4 pl. / VUH [with a stroke above] / Guilmard p. 120 nv 85 / Bourdon / Collection Ed Schultze (L.706)
  • watermark: illegible; scrolling monogram?

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Eduard Schultze (Lugt 906), Vienna. Edith I. Welch, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Berlin (1939) 850

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edith I. Welch
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.73
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/07/2022 - 05/01/2023

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