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Source Description
Madame de Pompadour commemorated the 1756 alliance between France and Austria by commissioning an allegorical agate cameo. In Pompadour’s etching of this cameo, subtle pictorial and compositional modifications to the original carved gem make meaningful changes. On the cameo, the figures personifying France and Austria form vertical masses that appear stiff and locked in place. In the print, their agile bodies incline forward with front legs gracefully extended, as though they are actively moving toward each other in unity.
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Document identity
localId
95510
label
Alliance of Austria and France, from Madame de Pompadour's ""Suite of Prints""
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obj
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print
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1
Source metadata
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95510
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Alliance of Austria and France, from Madame de Pompadour's ""Suite of Prints""
description
Madame de Pompadour commemorated the 1756 alliance between France and Austria by commissioning an allegorical agate cameo. In Pompadour’s etching of this cameo, subtle pictorial and compositional modifications to the original carved gem make meaningful changes. On the cameo, the figures personifying France and Austria form vertical masses that appear stiff and locked in place. In the print, their agile bodies incline forward with front legs gracefully extended, as though they are actively moving toward each other in unity.
provenance
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, ca. 1755. Purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1895; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
ca. 1756
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
rare books
etchings
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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
5152
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MSS
EAN
exhibition_ids
3390
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1
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0
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photo
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