Sconce Representing Summer, from 'Wand-Leuchter die 4 Jahrseiten vorstellend'

Martin Engelbrecht

ca. 1730–56 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

Design for a sconce in the shape of a large rocaille cartouche with three candelabra with candles springing from the bottom of the cartouche. On top of the cartouche the figure of a woman has been added . She is holding a parasol to shield her from the sun in her right hand and a bundle of wheat in the other.

Artist

Martin Engelbrecht

Date

ca. 1730–56

Medium

Etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1974