Underpainting with the motto “RECTA ET TOLLIT IN ALTUM”

Daniel Preissler, Kunstadt, 1700–1710

Glass, black underpainting underlaid with gold leaf

25.5 × 21.6 cm (frame 33.5 × 28.5 cm)

UMP 317

The painting is based on a copperplate engraving from the book of prints Tapisseries du Roy, ou sont representez les quatre elemens et les quatre saisons, showing general views and details of the four elements and four seasons tapestry series designed by court painter Charles Le Brun (1609–1690), director of the Gobelins Manufactory. The motto was included in the border of the Earth tapestry.