Les Amusements des Printemps
after Jean-Baptiste Pillement (Lyon 1728 - Lyon 1808)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1757
Materials
Paper
Measurements
31.5 cm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Paris
Order this imageCollection
Mottisfont, Hampshire
NT 769802
Summary
Print etching on paper, Les Amusements des Printemps (The Joys of Spring), engraved by James Mason (fl.1743-1805) after Jean Baptiste-Pillement (1728-1808) and published by Charles Leviez, Paris and London, 1757. Two seated women and a child by a river are brought gifts of flowers and caged birds by two men. The print originally former part of a series of four prints of the seasons, but has been trimmed into an oval. A copy of the complete print , including title and publishing details is held by the British Museum, BM 1854,1020.1659. NT 769801 and 769803 are two other parts of the set.
Provenance
Miss Bromley Bequest
Makers and roles
after Jean-Baptiste Pillement (Lyon 1728 - Lyon 1808), artist James Mason (fl.1743), engraver (inciser) Charles Leviez (1708 - 1778), publisher