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Source Description
The frontispiece for Madame de Pompadour’s Suite of Prints pays homage to the royal mistress and to the tradition of collecting carved gems. A banner emblazoned with the title of the Suite is suspended from a fluted classical column. Floating above, two winged putti compete for the honor of crowning Pompadour’s name with flowers. Below, another putto—in the guise of an antiquarian or connoisseur—carefully inspects the contents of a carved gem cabinet with a magnifying glass.
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Document identity
localId
95452
label
Frontispiece, from Madame de Pompadour's ""Suite of Prints""
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
95452
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Frontispiece, from Madame de Pompadour's ""Suite of Prints""
description
The frontispiece for Madame de Pompadour’s Suite of Prints pays homage to the royal mistress and to the tradition of collecting carved gems. A banner emblazoned with the title of the Suite is suspended from a fluted classical column. Floating above, two winged putti compete for the honor of crowning Pompadour’s name with flowers. Below, another putto—in the guise of an antiquarian or connoisseur—carefully inspects the contents of a carved gem cabinet with a magnifying glass.
provenance
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, ca. 1755. Purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1895; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
ca. 1755
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
rare books
etchings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
37
height
23.8
dimensionsRaw
Folio H: 14 9/16 × W: 9 3/8 in. (37 × 23.8 cm)
Source extras
med
ink on paper (etched and engraved)
creator_ids
20397
2724
collection_ids
EAN
MSS
exhibition_ids
3390
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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