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Artist:
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Jacques Charton
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Title:
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Coquilles Et Plantes Maritime, from "Collection de plantes étrangères en fleurs, fruits, corail et coquillages"
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Date:
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1784
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Medium:
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Engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions:
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14 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (37.47 x 26.04 cm) (plate)
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Credit Line:
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The Minnich Collection
The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, 1966
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Location:
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Gallery 316
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Alongside the advancement of their scientific study, shells, in 18th-century France, became an important design element in architecture, painting, furniture, and decorative arts. Shell motifs abounded, and they revealed a richness of color and shape, including bizarre coils, and fancy crenellated edges. This selection from a suite of sixty colored plates features shells in an entirely imaginary setting. Hanging from the branches of a bizarre plant that springs from a big sea snail, or blossoming from a coral tree, Jacques Chartonâs shells epitomize the playfulness and visual pleasure of the Rococo period.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Charton, Jacques
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Nationality:
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French
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Life Dates:
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French, 18th century
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Prints
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Creation Place:
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Europe, France, , ,
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Accession #:
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P.17,145
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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