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Wallpaper panel
After: Jacopo Amigoni (Italian (Venetian), about 1685–1752)
Possibly engraved by: Francis Vivares (English, 1709–1780)
Possibly engraved by: Francis Vivares (English, 1709–1780)
French
about 1770
Medium/Technique
Etching and hand-colored paper
Dimensions
Framed: 142.2 x 66 cm (56 x 26 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Christine Kondoleon and Frederic Wittmann
Accession Number2007.724
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsWall coverings
DescriptionThe vertically-oriented wallpaper panel depicts two figures in a landscape; a man descends a ladder while handing a bird's nest to a standing woman under a leafy tree with birds. Mate to 2007.725
Provenance1984, acquired through Hubley's Auction House, Cambridge, Mass., by Christine Kondoleon and Frederic Wittmann, Cambridge, Mass. (Accession date: September 19, 2007)