Design for an Escutcheon in Form of Boat with Sail, for Recueil Nouveau de Differens Cartouches

Jacques de Lajoue1734

A dragon and another fantastic animal are on the boat. Writing is indicated in the escutcheon.

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Title: Design for an Escutcheon in Form of Boat with Sail, for Recueil Nouveau de Differens Cartouches
Creator: Jacques de Lajoüe
Creator Lifespan: 1687/1761
Date Created: 1734
Physical Dimensions: w1690 x h2050 cm
Type: Drawing
Rights: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
Medium: Pen and brush and black ink, wash, graphite on cream laid paper
Signed: Signed on the bottom right: "Lajoue"
Provenance: Probably Jean Léon Decloux
Paper Support: Cream laid paper
Exhibitions: American Federation of Arts (traveling exhibition), "Decorative Design of the Rococo Period," 1953 - 1954.Detroit, MI - Detroit Institute of Arts, "French Taste of the Eighteenth Century,” April 17 - May 27, 1956.Baltimore, MD - The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Age of Elegance: The Rococo and Its Effect," April 25 - June 14, 1959.Minneapolis, MN - Minnesota University Gallery, "The Eighteenth Century, One Hundred Drawings by One Hundred Artists," January 24 - March 7, 1961.Atlanta, GA - High Museum, "The Rococo Age: 18th century French Paintings and Drawings," October 5 - December 31, 1983.New York - CHNDM, "Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008," March 7 - July 6, 2008
Dimensions: 26 x 20.6 cm (10 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.)Frame H x W x D: 50.2 x 39.7 x 2.5 cm (19 3/4 x 15 5/8 x 1 in.)Mat: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)
Bibliography: Gail S. Davidson, "Ornament of Bizarre Imagination," in Sarah Coffin et. al, Rococo, The Continuing Curve 1730-2008 (New York: Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, 2008), p. 49, fig. 13.

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