1604
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Decorative Urn is a 1604 by Jean Le Pautre, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print shows a huge, fancy urn sitting on a pedestal in a garden. Around it, people in old-fashioned clothes stand or walk, while a lion and a dog lie nearby. The urn is covered in carvings—flowers, faces, and swirling designs—and has a face peeking out from a round panel. The artist packed the scene with tiny details, like the tiny figures and the twisted handles of the urn. This kind of busy, dramatic style was popular in the 1600s. Next, check out the Baroque movement to see more art like this.
Jean Le Pautre or Lepautre was a French designer and engraver, the elder brother of the architect Antoine Le Pautre, the father of the engravers Pierre Le Pautre and Jacques Le Pautre, and the uncle of the sculptor Pierre Lepautre.
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