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Triomphe de Priape [Triumph of Priapus] in Nouveaux Morceaux pour des Paravents [New Concepts for Screens]

François Boucherca. 1737

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

One of a set of five panels for a fold-up screen. The other designs in the series include Rocaille (Rococo Motifs); Hommage Champêtre (Pastorale); and Léda, all etched by Claude Duflos; and Triomphe de Pomone (Triumph of Pomona) etched by Charles Nicolas Cochin the Younger. Shell motif at top. Three putti grasping at berries in the upper portion of the design, to the right of a herm in the personification of Priapus, protector of orchards and gardens, which is at left. Cypress trees at right. Two putti pulling a goat on top of stairs and other putti both helping with the goat and holding berries. Panel framed with leaves, branches and berries.

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  • Title: Triomphe de Priape [Triumph of Priapus] in Nouveaux Morceaux pour des Paravents [New Concepts for Screens]
  • Creator: François Boucher
  • Creator Lifespan: 1703/1770
  • Date Created: ca. 1737
  • Type: Print
  • Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
  • Medium: Etching and engraving on white laid paper
  • Viewing Notes: One of five designs for a five-panel screen. The others in the series are Rocaille (Rococo Motifs); and Hommage Champêtre (Pastorale); Léda; all etched by Claude Duflos the Younger and Triomphe de Pomone (Triumph of Pomona) etched by Charles-Nicolas Cochin.
  • Provenance: Jean Léon Decloux
  • Paper Support: White laid paper
  • Inscribed: On plate, lower left: F. Boucher invenit; lower center: TRIOMPHE DE PRIAPE; lower right: C.L. Duflos Sculpsit.; lower center: A Paris chez De Larmessin graveur du Roy rue de Noyers à la deuxieme Porte cochere à gauche entrant par la rue St. Jacques. A.P.D.R.
  • Exhibitions: New York - CHNDM, "Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008", March 7 - July 6, 2008
  • Dimensions: Platemark: 51 x 25.5 cm (20 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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