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Attributed to Jean-Jacques Karpff, called Casimir

L’amour et l’amitié (Love and Friendship; design for printed toile fabric), ca. 1816

Now On View

Description

Maker

Culture

French

Title

L’amour et l’amitié (Love and Friendship; design for printed toile fabric)

Year

ca. 1816

Medium

Pen and ink and black chalk on paper, mounted to canvas

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Type

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

36.200

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Drawing Closer

March 12 - September 4, 2022

A young woman, accompanied by her dog, embraces a tree, while Cupid and Father Time take turns rowing a small boat—these are three separate but interlocked vignettes in this unusual composition, which focuses on the effects of time on friendship and love. This meticulously executed drawing in red ink is a design for a copper plate used to print fabric. The edges of the sheet, drawn in chalk, demonstrate the repeat of the design, which could expand in every direction to cover large areas.

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