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Suite of Vases: Plate 14

1746

Jacques François Saly

(French, 1717–1776)
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Culture
France, 18th century
Medium
etching
Support
Laid paper
Measurements
Platemark: 19 x 12.7 cm (7 1/2 x 5 in.); Sheet: 30 x 22.6 cm (11 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1996.229.15
Catalogue raisonné
Guilmard 8
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Location
101A Prints & Drawings
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Did You Know?

The voluptuous two-tailed mermaid figure in the center of this design may be a nereid. As the undine daughters of Neptune, nereids were often part of Bacchus's entourage in classical mythology.

Description

Jacques François Joseph Saly created an etched suite of 30 imaginary vase designs while studying in Rome. Throughout the series, he let his skill and imagination run wild on the theme of bacchants by inventively incorporating animals, satyrs, and maenads—as well as faces and grotesques (fantastic figures and beasts)—into various designs. Published in Paris, the series nourished an appetite for the revival of mythological and classical elements in decorative arts, and may have also inspired Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s suite of bacchanalia images.

Suite of Vases: Plate 14

1746

Jacques François Saly

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

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