One of five panel designs for a folding screen. The other designs in the series include rocaille (rococo motifs) etched by charles nicolas cochin; and hommage champêtre (pastorale); léda; and triomphe de priape (triumph of priapus) all etched by claude duflos the younger. This panel design depicts pomona, a nymph who adored her fruit trees and gardens, two young companions, a male and a female, and a rustic building in the background. Below, a cartouche decorated with fruits and leaves, the interior decorated with a circular courtyard, a fountain and grotesque mask. Date: 1740. Dimensions: Platemark: 52.3 x 26.3 cm (20 9/16 x 10 3/8 in.); ; Sheet: 63.9 x 44.5 cm (25 3/16 x 17 1/2 in.). Medium: engraving on white laid paper, etching and engraving. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Print, Screen Design- Triomphe de Pomone (Triumph of Pomona) from Nouveaux Morceaux pour des paravents (New Concepts for Screens), 1740 (CH 18220603-2)
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