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The image depicts an ornate decorative stand or platter with intricate floral and leaf patterns along its edges. In the center, there is a heraldic shield or crest motif. The base has a curving stand with detailed styling similar to the rest of the design. The drawing uses a monochrome palette.
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The image depicts an ornate decorative stand or platter with intricate floral and leaf patterns along its edges. In the center, there is a heraldic shield or crest motif. The base has a curving stand with detailed styling similar to the rest of the design. The drawing uses a monochrome palette.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Salver with Two Bases

Luigi Valadier

Date
1755/1760
Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on laid paper, laid down on an album sheet
Dimensions
sheet: 37 × 27 cm (14 9/16 × 10 5/8 in.) mount: 45.4 × 34.4 cm (17 7/8 × 13 9/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2016.68.1
Credit line
William B. O'Neal Fund
Time span
1751 to 1775
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • utensils
Provenance

Valadier workshop until 1817; Giuseppe Spagna and his son Pietro Paolo, who took over the Valadier workshop and apparently gathered drawings from the Valadiers and their workshop in albums; the album containing this drawing purchased by a private collector, traveling in Italy toward the end of the 19th century; by descent; (Artemis Group, London). John Winter, London; (his sale, Sotheby's London, 10 December 2015, no. 127); (via Trinity Fine Art, Ltd); purchased 2015 by NGA.

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NGA object ID 206075. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.