Panel of Arabesques for the Hôtel de Salm, Paris, Jean-Guillaume Moitte, French, 1746–1810, Pen and black ink, brush and gouache, black chalk on toned paper, lined, Design for a wall panel. At the bottom, two satyrs sacrifice flowers at the foot of a burning candelabrum. The satyrs support, with their heads, two half female figures (half female and half flower stem). The figures hold a medallion with a maenad. A putto, supporting a vase, stands on top of the medallion. At the very to center of the composition are two billing doves and at the edges two putti. The putti hold festoons and garlands from which then flower baskets are suspended. The doves hold long garlands, which are then connected to two female figures (one at each side of the central composition). These female figures in turn stand on long decorative spears, which rest on the end tips of the half female figures., Paris, France, 1785, ornament, Drawing, Drawing
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Panel, Arabesques, Hôtel de Salm, Paris, Jean-Guillaume Moitte, French, 1746–1810, Pen, black ink, brush, gouache, black chalk, toned paper, lined, Design, wall panel, bottom, two satyrs sacrifice flowers, foot, burning candelabrum, satyrs support, heads, two half female figures, half female, half flower stem, figures hold, medallion, maenad, putto, supporting, vase, stands, top, medallion, center, composition, two billing doves, edges two putti, putti hold festoons, garlands, flower baskets, suspended, doves hold long garlands, connected, two female figures, side, central composition, female figures, turn stand, long decorative spears, rest, tips, half female figures, Paris, France, 1785, ornament, Drawing, Drawing
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