Design for Toile de Jouy: La Marchande d'Amours (The Cupid Seller), Hippolyte Le Bas, (French, 1782–1867), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper mounted on board, Printed cotton textile design with four vertical rows of cameo medallions (octagonal, oval, circular, hexagonal, etc.) each displaying a classicized scene against a pattern of rosettes within a diamond grid. Above center to the left, the 'Merchant of Love' (which gives the piece its name) is in the octagonal medallion: a seated woman, at the right, grasps a cupid by its wings to remove it

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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