Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Ve. Merlen - Adresse de la veuve Merlen // [Widow Merlen - Address of widow Merlen].
Call Number
E East 46/GC077/Box 12/Normal/18th c./Artists P-R GA 2012.02314
Identifier
ark:/88435/dctq57p4371
Publisher
[Paris] : [s.n.], n.d. [1797]
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1797
Extent
1 item ; sheet 10.3 x 13.2 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Mary Schmidt, July, 2012.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Engravings
Depiction: Allegorical scene. A putto stands on a pedestal with a box of jewels, and presents a pendant to a female nude seated in front of the pedestal.
Signed in plate, lower center: "B. Roger sculps.".
Signed in plate, lower center: "Galleries de Pierres, No. 25, cote de la Rue de Richelieu.".
Inscribed in plate, center: "Ve. Merlen, tient fabrique & magazine d'orfèvrerie joualleries bijouteries dans le plus nouveaux gouts , vend achete & monte les diamants le tout a juste prix".

Discovery Information

Subject
Cherubs (Art)
Symbolism in art
Female nude in art
Advertising—Jewelry—Specimens
Printed ephemera—France—18th century—Specimens
Ephemera—18th century

Physical Characteristics

File Count
4

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/92cb2feb-ef1a-487d-aef2-3d572646f883/manifest