JUSTE AURÈLE MEISSONNIER. Projet d'une grande Pendule, from 'Oeuvre de Juste Aurele Meissonnier'

JUSTE AURÈLE MEISSONNIER (1695-1750)

Projet d'une grande Pendule, from 'Oeuvre de Juste Aurele Meissonnier'

Projet d'une grande Pendule, from 'Oeuvre de Juste Aurele Meissonnier'. Artist: Juste Aurèle Meissonnier (French, Turin 1695-1750 Paris). Dimensions: Plate: 18 7/8 × 13 in. (47.9 × 33 cm) Sheet: 22 5/8 × 17 in. (57.5 × 43.2 cm). Engraver: Gabriel Huquier (French, Orléans 1695-1772 Paris). Publisher: Gabriel Huquier (French, Orléans 1695-1772 Paris). Date: ca. 1742-48. Design for a large pendule hung in front of a wall panel. The pendule has a round clock dial placed in a large case built up out of rocaille ornaments. On top a winged female figure holding a garland is seated. On the left the garland is supported by the figure of a small cupid. To the left, part of a door is depicted and on the lower right three arms of a candelabra are visible.

etching and engraving

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Gabriel Huquier (French, Orléans 1695-1772 Paris)

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

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24.8 x 34.9 cm | 9.8 x 13.8 in (300 dpi)