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Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772) <I>Works of Juste-Aurele Meissonier: Silver Sculptural Project for a Large Centerpiece and Two Tureens Which Have Been Executed for His Lordship the Duke of Kingston</I>, (after Juste-Aurele Meissonier), 1735-37
Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772)
Works of Juste-Aurele Meissonier: Silver Sculptural Project for a Large Centerpiece and Two Tureens Which Have Been Executed for His Lordship the Duke of Kingston, (after Juste-Aurele Meissonier), 1735-37
Etching
John L. Severance Fund 2000.76

Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695-1772)

This etching by Gabriel Huquier comes from a volume of plates after Meissonnier's work. The plates are, for the most part, the only record of Meissonnier's varied works in painting, sculpture, metalwork, and architecture. Although the actual silver tureen depicted here by Huquier can be seen today in the Cleveland Museum of Art galleries, for many years its location was unknown and this etching was the only record of it. A masterpiece of rococo silver, the tureen is assymemetrical decorated with swirling, shell-like forms, curled leaves, and an array of natural objects including birds, fish, and vegetables.

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