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Suite of Vases: Plate 6

1746

Jacques François Saly

(French, 1717–1776)
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Culture
France, 18th century
Medium
etching
Support
Laid paper
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1996.229.7
Catalogue raisonné
Guilmard 8
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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.
An etched vase features a circular base widening into a rounded body before narrowing into a ribbed neck topped with a ruffled rim. A stylized lion's face with wide eyes and an open mouth dominates the body, flanked by leaf-like handles curving upward. The vessel stands on a textured wooden ledge against a background of horizontal lines. A handwritten signature and the number '6' appear in the bottom margin.

Suite of Vases: Plate 6

1746

Jacques François Saly

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

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