Neptune, from Collection de figures théâtrales, c. 1760
Jean-Baptiste Martin II; Engraver: Gaillardexpand_more
Engraving, contemporary color and gildingexpand_more
The Minnich Collection The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, 1966expand_more P.14,825
Not on Viewexpand_more
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.
Details
- Title
- Neptune, from Collection de figures théâtrales
- Artist Life
- active 1760 – 1788
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.14,825
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Colas 1997; "Gallerie des Modes," 1779
- Curator Approved
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