Gabriel HuquierFrench, 1695–1772Design for a hand-screen
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Design for a hand-screen” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Small hand-screens, mounted on a short handle, were used to protect the face from the heat and glare of an open fire. Their decoration exercised the inventive powers of many rococo artists. Here flowers, foliage, a shell and an insect have been combined into an asymmetrical, ornamental border. Between 1738 and 1749 Huquier published an engraving based on this watercolour.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-T-2014-54-1
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
![Livre de Differentes Etudes pour le Dessein [Kopf eines bärtigen Mannes (Flussgott?)], Gabriel Huquier, 1700–1741](https://diglib.hab.de/varia/haum/aubert-j-ab3-0004/max/000001.jpg)
![Livre de Differentes Etudes pour le Dessein [Kopf eines Mannes über dem Kopf eines Pferdes], Gabriel Huquier, 1700–1741](https://diglib.hab.de/varia/haum/aubert-j-ab3-0010/max/000001.jpg)
![Livre de Differentes Etudes pour le Dessein [Kopf einer Frau mit Kopftuch nach rechts blickend (Sibylle?)], Gabriel Huquier, 1700–1741](https://diglib.hab.de/varia/haum/aubert-j-ab3-0008/max/000001.jpg)
