Error and Hypocrisy - Original Engraving by J.-C. Delafosse - 18th Century
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Original copper engraving with two allegorical ornamental panels: at the left Error, with torch, serpent and mask above a cartouche; at the right Hypocrisy, with dragon, masks and attributes among garlands. They are numbered 88 and 89 and lettered in French beneath each composition.
Original copper engraving with two allegorical ornamental panels: at the left Error, with torch, serpent and mask above a cartouche; at the right Hypocrisy, with dragon, masks and attributes among garlands. They are numbered 88 and 89 and lettered in French beneath each composition.
Drawn and engraved by Jean-Charles Delafosse (1734-1789), architect and ornamentist, for his Nouvelle Iconologie Historique, a repertory of emblems and hieroglyphic attributes published in Paris between 1768 and 1771, one of the great decorative source books of the Louis XVI style.
Medium: Copper engraving
Artist / after: Jean-Charles Delafosse
Engraver / lithographer: Jean-Charles Delafosse
Source: Nouvelle Iconologie Historique, Paris, 1768-1771
Date: Between 1768 and 1771
Dimensions: 9.3 x 15 in (23.5 x 38 cm)
Condition: Acceptable; toned paper with marked folds and creases and a small paper loss in the lower left margin. Glued to a paper support.
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Original copper engraving with two allegorical ornamental panels: at the left Error, with torch, serpent and mask above a cartouche; at the right Hypocrisy, with dragon, masks and attributes among garlands. They are numbered 88 and 89 and lettered in French beneath each composition.