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Ornament Panel Depicting the Abduction of Hélène, pl. 24 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier1748
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Panel with scene showing the abduction of Hélène on a terrace with balcony and stairway, a canopy at top. The scene is framed with volutes, acanthus leaves, rosettes, and shells.
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- Title: Ornament Panel Depicting the Abduction of Hélène, pl. 24 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
- Creator: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
- Creator Lifespan: 1695/1750
- Date Created: 1748
- Type: Print
- Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium: Etching on off-white laid paper
- Provenance: Jean Léon Decloux (Decloux 173)
- Paper Support: Off-white laid paper
- Inscribed: Inscribed on plate, upper left: D; upper right: 24; lower left: Meissonnier Archite. jn.; lower right: Obelle Sculp.; lower center: avec privilege du Roi
- Dimensions: Platemark: 11.5 x 20.9 cm (4 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)
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