Neptune, from Collection de figures théâtrales

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Neptune, from Collection de figures théâtrales

Jean-Baptiste Martin II; Engraver: GaillardLinkedCulture matchlcp-ae3ecd8992df

Date
c. 1760
Medium
Engraving, contemporary color and gilding
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
76178

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If you were going to put on a skit at the court of King Louis XV, you couldn’t settle for loin cloths and lion skins. You needed to be fully upholstered; at least Jean-Baptiste Martin thought so. Perhaps his view was shaded by the fact that his father had been the director of Gobelins, the French royal factory for the manufacture of tapestries. France, Europe

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Credit line
The Minnich Collection The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, 1966

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