Title Page
early 18th century
Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number
1921-6-411-63
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
This "Title Page" is a print by French artist Jean-Bernard Turreau (1672–1731), created in the early 18th century. It forms part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, acquired through a purchase by the Advisory Council. With research still in progress and the specific medium unrecorded, the work stands as an example of the era’s printmaking, when such images often introduced books or portfolios. Title pages like this one typically combined lettering and decorative motifs to engage viewers and preview a publication’s contents. In early 18th-century France, prints played a vital ro...