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This is a drawing of an elaborate decorative panel featuring allegorical figures and a central scene. The drawing portrays an ornately framed composition with two male figures standing on either side of an oval inset depicting a scene. Above the central scene is a bust-like face enclosed in a decorative frame surmounted by a basket of flowers and flanked by cherubs holding garlands. The entire piece carries a sense of opulence and grandeur, typical of Baroque architectural decorations and theme-based allegories.
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This is a drawing of an elaborate decorative panel featuring allegorical figures and a central scene. The drawing portrays an ornately framed composition with two male figures standing on either side of an oval inset depicting a scene. Above the central scene is a bust-like face enclosed in a decorative frame surmounted by a basket of flowers and flanked by cherubs holding garlands. The entire piece carries a sense of opulence and grandeur, typical of Baroque architectural decorations and theme-based allegories.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Ambassades envoyées des extrêmités de la Terre (Embassies Sent from the Extremities of the Globe) [pl. 15]

Jean-Baptiste Massé (designer) and Pierre Soubeyran (engraver) after Charles Le Brun

Date
published 1752
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 64 × 45.8 cm (25 3/16 × 18 1/16 in.) plate: 48.4 × 30.2 cm (19 1/16 × 11 7/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2015.142.1.19
Credit line
Gift of David H. McDonnell
Time span
1751 to 1775
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • France
  • architecture
  • engraving
  • Versailles
Provenance

Dyson Perrins Museum Trust (stamp). R.W. Burns (bookplate). David H. McDonnell, Arlington, VA; gift to NGA, 2015.

Inscription

In plate: LL: Peint par Ch. Le Brun et dessiné par J.B. Massé; LR: Gravé par Soubeiran

NGA object ID 206874. 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.