Artwork Details
9-1/4 X 12 in. (image) 10 X 13-5/8 in. (sheet)
Accession NumberDirector's Discretionary Fund
CopyrightPrints, Drawings, and Photographs
Color PaletteThe French architect Mollet built and decorated the Hôtel d'Evreux between 1718 and 1722. This print shows a room of the elaborate residence in its original régence style, which served as the transition from the baroque to the rococo. The corinthian column at the far right is part of the side wall and flanks an alcove. A tapestry with an oversize border that looks like a picture frame hangs adjacent-and strikes an incongruous note. These two elements are remnants of the earlier baroque heaviness and monumentality. The remainder of the room anticipates rococo decoration with slender moldings, organic forms, delicate curves, and paintings of elegant musicians in a pastoral setting over the door and mirror. — ("Eighteenth-Century Furniture Design," May 23, 2009—February 21, 2010, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Conant Galleries)
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