Flower Bough, from "Recueil de Fleurs Chinois"
An etched print showing a branch bearing several stylized blossoms in profile and from above, with spiky, scalloped petals, curling leaves, and thorny stems. The fine hatched lines create shading across the flowers against a plain cream ground, with the composition flowing diagonally from upper left to lower right.
- Artist
- Jean-Baptiste Pillement
- Date
- 1728-1808
- Medium
- Etching on paper
- Source
- Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
- Size
- 4000 × 2592 px
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Español: Rama de flores de Recueil de Fleurs Chinois, de Jean-Baptiste Pillement
Grabado al aguafuerte que muestra una rama con varias flores estilizadas, vistas de perfil y desde arriba, con pétalos puntiagudos y festoneados, hojas enrolladas y tallos espinosos. Las líneas finas y rayadas crean sombras sobre las flores contra un fondo crema liso, y la composición fluye en diagonal de arriba a la izquierda hacia abajo a la derecha.
Português: Ramo de flores de Recueil de Fleurs Chinois, de Jean-Baptiste Pillement
Gravura em água-forte mostrando um galho com várias flores estilizadas, vistas de perfil e de cima, com pétalas pontudas e recortadas, folhas enroladas e caules espinhosos. Linhas finas e hachuras criam sombra sobre as flores em um fundo creme liso, e a composição segue em diagonal do canto superior esquerdo ao inferior direito.