
Design for a Border with a Portrait of Baron Cuvier
Arnout, Jean-Baptiste · French
- Medium
- graphite on tracing paper
- Classification
- Drawing
- Period
- 1776 to 1800
- Image size
- 4111 × 3560px
Description
This is a drawing of an ornate decorative border featuring a variety of natural elements. The rectangular blank space is framed with intricate pencil drawings depicting flora and fauna. The border includes tropical plants, a leopard, a fox, a snake, various birds, a person, an animal, plants, flowers, animals such as frogs, fish, and reptiles, insects like butterflies and dragonflies, fruits, foliage, and additional natural elements. Two small drawings are included within the vertical borders, and the bottom center features a prominent butterfly image.
Rights & Source
Open access image from the National Gallery of Art, released under its open access program. Metadata via the NGA Open Data Program (CC0).