Plate 11, Livre de vases (Book of Vases), François Boucher, French, 1703 – 1770, A. Bouchet, French, active ca. 1730-1740, Chez Le Pere et Avaulez, Paris, France, Etching on cream laid paper, Folio 11, plate 11 of a series of 12. Design for a vase influenced by shell forms to be executed in metal, placed on a pedestal. The body, accentuated with rocky ribs and sea plant forms, rests upon a siren mermaid figure at left and a triton at right, their tails intertwined to form the base., Paris, France, 1738–72, metalwork, Bound print

---

Size: 4073px × 5428px
Location:
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 11, 12, 1703, 1730-1740, 1738–72, 1770, accentuated, active, avaulez, base, body, book, boucher, bouchet, bound, ca, chez, cream, de, design, etching, executed, figure, folio, form, forms, france, françois, french, influenced, intertwined, laid, le, left, livre, mermaid, metal, metalwork, paper, paris, pedestal, pere, plant, plate, print, rests, ribs, rocky, sea, series, shell, siren, tails, triton, vase, vases, –