Fountain with two tritons blowing conch shells

Boucher, François (1703-1770)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
ca. 1736
Height:
37.7 cm  (14 13/16 in.)
Width:
22.2 cm  (8 3/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
black and red chalk and black chalk wash, heightened with white chalk

    Item location

  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    [Museum inv. no.: 1952.529]

Description

The fountain sculpture includes two mermen, each playing a shell horn.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Conch-shell trumpet [4389]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

2116