Portion of a valance entitled "Les quatre éléments"

Oberkampf Manufactory (1738–1815)

Lagrenée, Jean Jacques, II (1739-1821) (attributed to)

Dupuis, Charles (1685-1742) (after a work of)

Desplaces, Louis (1682-1739) (after a work of)

Boullogne, Louis, the younger (1654-1733) (after a work of)


Item type:
textile, clothing and costume
Date of creation:
1785-1790
Height:
64.0 cm  (25 3/16 in.)
Width:
68.3 cm  (26 7/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
Cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed

Additional titles

Les quatre éléments
The four elements

    Item location

  • Art Institute of Chicago
    [Museum inv. no.: 1981.54]Restricted gift of Mrs. Martha Borland Willis in memory of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland

Description

In one scene, a Triton plays a shell horn. Decorative elements (partially cut away) include a bassoon and a bagpipe. Probably adapted by Jean Jacques Lagrenée le Jeune (French, 1739–1821) from engravings by Charles Dupuis (French, 1685–1742) and Louis Desplaces (French, 1682–1739) dating from 1717–1721, after
Louis de Boullongne le Jeune (French, 1654–1733)
Produced by Oberkampf Manufactory, 1738–1815
France, Jouy-en-Josas.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Conch-shell trumpet [4389]
Bassoon [3795]
Bagpipe [3746]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Owens, Margareth Boyer. Art Institute of Chicago. RIdIM/RCMI inventory of music iconography, no. 2. Edited by Terence Ford (New York: Research Center for Musical Iconography, 1987) 224 da 83. RILM 1988-275.

RIdIM record id

1744