L’Amour Vendangeur based on an engraving by Etienne Fessard (1714–1777) after François Boucher (1703–1770)

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L’Amour Vendangeur based on an engraving by Etienne Fessard (1714–1777) after François Boucher (1703–1770)

Object NamePanel Depicting Four Cherubs Gathering Fruit

Makersigned Eglington Margaret Pearson (English, d. 1823)

Made FromNon-lead (?) Glass, Wood, Enamel, Stain

Date1778

Place MadeEngland, London

TechniqueEnamel painted

SizeFrame H: 43.4 cm; W: 34.5 cm

Accession Number79.2.1

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionPanel Depicting Four Cherubs Gathering Fruit, "L’Amour Vendangeur based on an engraving by Etienne Fessard (1714–1777) after François Boucher (1703–1770)". Colorless and red-orange non-lead (?) glasses, enamel, stain, and wood; enamel painted. Flat, rectangular sheet, with transparent enamel decoration of four nude children gathering grapes and other fruit; one, at the left, with red-brown drapery holding a basket over his head; another, at the left, holding a bunch of grapes to his mouth; a third, center, leaning on a basket; while a fourth, resting on a rock at the right, clutches grapes in his lap; stylized trees, rocks, a ribbed melon, etc. around, clouds overhead; signed at the lower right (script, scratched through the enamel before firing) "E. M. Pearson 1778"; leaded into a frame of bright orange-red panels; frame of brown wood moldings.
Provenance

Former Collection Rudolf von Strasser - 1978-12-20

Former Collection Leslie S. Scott