Afrika, Etienne Claude Voysard, Charles Le Père & Pierre-Michel Avaulez, after Jean Charles Delafosse, 1772 - 1779

Title(s)

Afrika
L'Afrique et Sa Religion (title on object)
Trofeeën (series title)
2e Cahier (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

2/6

Object number

RP-P-1964-4245

Catalogue reference

• Berlijn Orn Cat 463-2

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Description

Twee trofeeën met schilden, wapens, Afrikaanse trommels en luipaardvellen.

Artist

• print maker: Etienne Claude Voysard (mentioned on object)
• after drawing by: Jean Charles Delafosse (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Charles Le Père & Pierre-Michel Avaulez

Place

Paris

Dating

1772 - 1779

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving

Measurements

height 356 mm × width 201 mm

What

• trophy, i.e.: decorative arrangement of symbolic or typical objects ~ ornament
• Africa represented allegorically; 'Africa' (Ripa)

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1964

Copyright

Public domain

• Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, dl. 1, p. 71, cat.nr. 463 (2)