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Design for Wall Panel on Theme of Diana

Gabriel Huquierca. 1730

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

A statue of Diana in pursuit, accompanied by a dog, appears on a garlanded pedestal set on a platform from which is suspended an escalloped lambrequin. Drapery is suspended from eye-brow volutes and caught at the sides by herm figures. Arabesque frame, mingling with trees at the sides, includes scrolls, bat-wing, and trellis ornamentation.

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  • Title: Design for Wall Panel on Theme of Diana
  • Creator: Gabriel Huquier
  • Creator Lifespan: 1695/1772
  • Date Created: ca. 1730
  • Type: Drawing
  • Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
  • Medium: Black chalk, brush and gray wash, traces of stylus on cream laid paper
  • Provenance: Léon Decloux (in his collection in 1906)
  • Dimensions: 30.4 x 19.4 cm (11 15/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
  • Bibliography: Eidelberg, Martin. "Gabriel Huquier- Friend or Foe of Watteau?" The Print Collector's Newsletter, XV, no.5, (Nov-Dec 1984): 162,164 (illus.).
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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