This is an image showing four sketches of ornate urn designs. Each sketch features a different decorative urn with intricate embellishments. The top left sketch depicts an urn with cherubic figures, the top right shows a vessel with draped figures, the bottom left displays an urn supported by lion-like creatures, and the bottom right features an urn with figures on its surface. The designs appear to blend sculptural elements, possibly indicative of baroque or rococo styles.

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Four Vases (Les quatres vases)

Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, 1724 - 1780)

1754

Medium: etching on laid paper
Classification: Print
Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to platemark): 24.5 × 16.2 cm (9 5/8 × 6 3/8 in.)
Culture: French
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line: Rosenwald Collection
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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