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Jacques de Lajoüe

36 works

Jacques de Lajoüe was a painter, illustrator and printer from France. Read more

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Painting of a garden landscape with a pyramidal fountain, a broken Neptune statue in water, women on steps, and tall trees.

Paysage composé : la Rivière, dit aussi Fontaine pyramidale avec une statue de Neptune brisée

1700

Painting of a shivering allegorical woman and a child on a carved stone pedestal under bare trees and a pale winter sun.

Allegory of Winter

1706

Oil portrait of a seated man in a dark cassock beside bookshelves, a globe, and a writing desk with papers.

Portrait présumé de l'abbé Jean-Antoine Nollet (1700-1770)

1740

Ink drawing of a rococo escutcheon shaped as a sail boat with mast, framed by scrolls and waves, signed Lajoüe.

Design for an Escutcheon in Form of Boat with Sail, for Recueil Nouveau de Differens Cartouches

1730

Pen and gray wash drawing of a rococo corner ornament with scrolls, shells, flower-filled urns and foliage.

Design for the Corner of a Decoration (recto); Sketch of Monumental Building with Four Temple-Front Entrances (verso)

ca. 1730

Pen and grey wash design of a rococo folding screen panel with scrolling ornament, shell motifs and a figure medallion at top

Design for a Folding Screen

Pen and wash drawing of a festival arch with columns, an obelisk with a radiant top, and cherubs and figures.

Fireworks Display for the Convalescence of Louis XV

1726

Engraved rococo cartouche design with an eagle, peacock, grapes, garden tools and shells around an empty central panel.

Design for a Cartouche Representing the Garden

1740

Engraving of a sea-themed cartouche with a trident, shell, crab, seaweed and waves, numbered 12 in the top corner.

Escutcheon, from "Recueil Nouveau de Differens Cartouche"

1720

Engraved oval cartouche design with two putti leaning over a flower urn, surrounded by scrolls and floral garlands.

Design for an Escutcheon in Form of Sailboat, in Recueil Noveau de Differens Cartouches

1730

Pen and watercolor drawing of an ornate rococo stage set with an arch, fountains, stairs and a distant landscape.

Study for a Stage Set

18th century

Red chalk drawing of a classical palace rotunda with columns, a fountain, statues, and two cloaked figures in the foreground.

Study for the Rotunda of a Palace

n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of a rococo garden with a central fountain, scrolled architecture, arches and draped female figures.

Design for an Ornamental Decoration

1740

Engraved rococo cartouche with scrolls, a hunting spear, a hare, a dog head and oak leaves on a rocky base.

Design for Cartouche Evoking the Chase

1740

Engraved rococo cartouche with dogs, a boar, grapevines and a waterfall between scrolled ornamental frames.

Design for a Cartouche Evoking the Season of Autumn and The Chase

1740

Engraved rococo cartouche frame with shells, seaweed, and a trident evoking water, on a cream page.

Design for Cartouche Evoking Aquatic Elements

1740

Engraved ornamental cartouche surrounded by flames, dragons and tools, with an empty central panel on a cream page.

Cartouche Decorated with Elements of Fire

1740

Engraving of a rococo cartouche with a seated man smoking a pipe, a standing figure with a fan, and flags and a trident.

Design for a Cartouche Representing the Country of China

1740

Etched rococo cartouche with a painter at an easel beside a child at a fire, framed by scrollwork and scaffolding.

Design for a Cartouche Representing an Allegory of the Painter

1740

Engraved rococo title page with dedication text, coat of arms, two allegorical figures, and a building under construction.

Troisieme Livre de Cartouches

1740

Engraved rococo cartouche design with a seated dog, hunting horn, grapevines, scrollwork and a basket of fruit.

Design for a Cartouche with Crayfish (Horizontal)

1740

Engraved rococo cartouche design with two horses, scrolling foliage, fleur-de-lis and fruit on a pale page.

Design for a Cartouche Evoking War

1740

Engraved rococo cartouche design with a trident, scrolls, and a dolphin spouting water among waves.

Design for Cartouche Evoking the Sea

1740

Etched rococo cartouche design with shield, spear, fruit, foliage, and a camel beside the scrollwork.

Design for a Cartouche Representing the Continent of Asia

1740

Engraved rococo cartouche design with scrolls, smoke, flames, a dragon and shells around an empty central oval.

Design for Cartouche: Allegory of Fire

1740

Engraved rococo cartouche design with scrolls, a standing dog, a resting sheep, a hat, a flute and foliage on a page.

Design for a Cartouche with Pastoral Motifs

1740

Engraved rococo cartouche design with an empty oval, a helmeted figure with spear, globe, scrolls and laurel.

Design for a Cartouche Representing the Liberal Arts

1740

Engraved rococo cartouche with scrolls, a perched bird, flowers, a cherub, and shield and spear at the base.

Design for a Cartouche Representing the Continent of America

1740

Engraved rococo cartouche design with an empty shield, papal tiara, crossed scythes and scrollwork, dated 1740.

Design for Cartouche Evoking Death

1740

Engraved rococo cartouche with scrolling foliage, shells, and a crocodile with a figure at the top, on a numbered page.

Design for a Cartouche Representing the Continent of Africa

1740

Hand-colored engraving of an asymmetrical rococo cartouche framed by rock, roots, leaves and small red flowers.

Design for Asymmetrical Cartouche

1740

Engraved rococo cartouche design with scrollwork, grapevines, a lion mask, bottles, fruit and a hanging hare.

Design for a Cartouche

1740

Jacques de Lajoüe was a painter, illustrator and printer from France. Jacques de Lajoüe was born and died in Paris. Browse 36 works by Jacques de Lajoüe from 5 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikidata