Two Ornament Designs with Roundels

A red-ink crayon manner etching shows two horizontal ornament panels on a cream sheet. The upper panel has a profile portrait medallion flanked by scrolling foliage and winged putti, while the lower panel has a smaller central roundel framed by ribbons and leafy scrolls.

Artist

Jean-Baptiste Huet

Date

1776–89

Medium

Crayon manner etching in red ink on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 3079 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum