Jacques Boiceau de la Barrauderie
Jacques Boiceau de la Barrauderie
Artist
Abraham Dupré
(French, 1604-1647)
Place of OriginFrance
Date1624
DimensionsDiam: 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm)
MediumCast bronze
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineMrs. C. Lockhart McKelvy Fund
Object number
2002.7
Not on View
DescriptionThe cast piece shows butterflies fluttering in the sky above a city and garden landscape with caterpillars crawling through the grass. It is an image of abundant and fertile nature, with the Latin motto translating as: born of the earth, I reach the sky after my labor.
Chez Reinier Leers, Rotterdam, 1711 (1st edition)
1711
1860-1900
1860-1900
about 1500
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
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