Bamboo Flowers and Cactus
Jean-Baptiste Pillement
1726 to 1750
Medium
black and red chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
overall (octagon): 20.8 x 20.8 cm (8 3/16 x 8 3/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1983.54.2
About the Artist
Jean-Baptiste Pillement · 1728–1808
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 1955 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 ce...