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Suite of Vases: Plate 12

1746

Jacques François Saly

(French, 1717–1776)
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Culture
France, 18th century
Medium
etching
Support
Laid paper
Measurements
Sheet: 29.9 x 23.2 cm (11 3/4 x 9 1/8 in.); Platemark: 19 x 12.9 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1996.229.13
Catalogue raisonné
Guilmard 8
Public Domain
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Location
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Print

Description

Trained as a sculptor, Saly etched a series of 30 vase designs while studying at the Académie de France in Rome. After his return to Paris, the publication announcement for the Suite of Vases endorsed the prints as an indication of the sculptor’s ingenuity and freedom of design. The vase designs also nourished an appetite for the revival of classical elements, or Neoclassicism, in decorative arts that developed in the mid-18th century.
A vertically oriented etching depicts a decorative vase resting on a cracked stone ledge against horizontal hatching. The vessel features a ridged lid above a central face swathed in fabric that extends into the wings of bird-like handles. Their hooked beaks point toward the face. The grooved lower body tapers into a flared stem. Fine dark ink strokes create dense texture and define inscriptions, including a signature and the number twelve, along the bottom edge.

Suite of Vases: Plate 12

1746

Jacques François Saly

(French, 1717–1776)
France, 18th century

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