id:			523456
accession number:	2022.250.3
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.250.3
updated:		2025-12-12 16:27:03.116000

Persian Flowers, 1755. Jean Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728–1808). Etching; plate: 30.9 x 21 cm (12 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.); sheet: 43 x 29 cm (16 15/16 x 11 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt Endowment Fund, 2022.250.3

title:				Persian Flowers
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creation date:			1755
creation date earliest:		1755
creation date latest:		1755
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creditline:			Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt Endowment Fund
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	etching
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Jean Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728–1808)  - artist
In the early part of his career, he worked as a textile designer at the Gobelins factory, and as a decorative painter in Spain and Portugal. He eventually moved to London, where in 1755 he published the first of many books of Chinoiserie designs. However, he was most well-known for his prints of flowers. His popularity waned significantly when Rococo design fell out of fashion at the end of the century.
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measurements: Plate: 30.9 x 21 cm (12 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.); Sheet: 43 x 29 cm (16 15/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
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	inscription:	WM: a partial (bottom half) Dovecote
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PROVENANCE

	Private Collection, France
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	(James Bergquist, Boston, MA), sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: ?-2022
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 5, 2022–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Pillement, Jean, and Léon Riotor. L'oeuvre de Jean Pillement (1727-1808): Chinoiseries, pastorales, paysages. Paris: A. Guerinet, 1931.
	page number: 	vol. 1, cf. pl. 82
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	Pillement, Georges. Jean Pillement. Paris: J. Haumont, 1945.
	page number: 	mentioned p. 86
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IMAGES

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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2022.250.3/2022.250.3_full.tif