No. 6: Fountain with Two Tritons Blowing Conch Shells
c. 1736
Image: 25.1 x 15.1 cm (9 7/8 x 5 15/16 in.); Platemark: 27.2 x 17.3 cm (10 11/16 x 6 13/16 in.); Sheet: 36 x 26.5 cm (14 3/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
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François Boucher’s design for a fountain presents an elaborate artistic fantasy with details drawn from mythology and the natural world. Two sea creatures, half-human and half-fish hybrids known as tritons, sit in a shell basin playing a pair of conchs. In the print, Gabriel H...
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Terms
Culture
France, 18th century
Technique
etching and engraving
Medium
etching and engraving
Genre
Print
Department
Prints
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