Spring

Title	Spring
Artist	François Joseph Belanger
Date	ca. 1775 18th century
Medium	Wood, carved and gilt
Classification	Woodwork
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906
Rights	Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose.

Subjects: Botanical illustration

About this artwork

“Spring” is a work by François Joseph Belanger, dated ca. 1775. It is executed in wood, carved and gilt and classified as woodwork. In this archive it sits within the botanical illustration tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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The artist

This work is attributed to François Joseph Belanger. Browse every catalogued public-domain plate by this maker.

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Dated to ca. 1775. Explore the wider set of works from the 18th century held in the archive.

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The collection

Made available through the The Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.

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