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An allegory of the arts of drawing and painting, this shaped plaquette may have come from a piece of furniture by the cabinetmaker Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806) who worked frequently for Queen Marie Antoinette and for other members of the French court.
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Title: Allegory of the Fine Arts
Date: 1785–90
Culture: French
Medium: Gilt bronze
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 3 × 9 9/16 × 3/8 in. (7.6 × 24.3 × 1 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gilt Bronze
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906
Accession Number: 07.225.510.357
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