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"title": "The Game of Leap Frog",
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"measurements": "Framed: 30 x 53.5 x 4 cm (11 13/16 x 21 1/16 x 1 9/16 in.); Overall: 40.7 cm (16 in.)",
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"title": "Islamic Art",
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"title": "Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings",
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"description": "This decorative frieze follows the design of Moitte, an artist known for reliefs, especially in the beginning stages of his career. Some of Moitte's favorite subjects in this period were Bacchic scenes of antiquity. These images of revelry and sensuousness are based on classical narratives; however, there is no evidence that the ancients played games of leapfrog, and so the subject is Moitte's invention, with a contemporary game of leapfrog performed by the mythical cohorts of Bacchus. The design of the drapery is typical of Moitte, especially the keenly animated dress. Moitte's early technique emulated painting in bas-relief. The sculptor, G\u00e9rard, follows Moitte's design, using the unusual mediums of slate and wax. His technique is not entirely understood, however, it is thought to be a combination of modeling and carving.",
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"citation": "Hawley, Henry H. Neo-Classicism: Style and Motif. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art; distributed by H.N. Abrams, New York, 1964.",
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"citation": "\u201cBack Matter.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 51, no. 8 (October 1964): 206-208.",
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"citation": "Campbell, Richard J. Jean-Guillaume Moitte: The Sculpture and Graphic Art 1785-1799. 1983.",
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"citation": "Ditner, David Charles. Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century European Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum of Art. 1986.",
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