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Divers Dessains de Frize Linuention d'Odouard Fiolete propre aux Peintre Scupteurs Menuisiers et autres

Etching
1646 (published)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (Engraver)
Langlois (Publisher)
Place of origin
France (published)

This type of ornament recalls the XVI th century mannerism style, with its anthropomorphic and metamorphic figures and animals shown amongst foliated. Here the richness and strong rhythm of the friezes, creating lively movement, reflect Baroque tendencies of the seventeenth century.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Ornament Prints
Anthropomorphism
Object type
Etching
TitleDivers Dessains de Frize Linuention d'Odouard Fiolete propre aux Peintre Scupteurs Menuisiers et autres (series title)
Materials and techniques
etching
Printing Ink
Etching
Brief description
Polifilio Giancarli, after. Title plate. 1 of 10 plates from a suite of 12 copies entitled 'Divers Dessains de Frize Linuention d'Odouard Fiolete propre aux Peintre Scupteurs Menuisiers et autres'. The suite is a set of copies in reverse of grotesque friezes originally published by Odoardo Fialetti. Published by Jean Boisseau, Paris, 1646.
Physical description
Title page for a set of friezes, engraving.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 22.9cm
  • Sheet width: 52.0cm
  • Plate mark height: 11.0cm
  • Plate mark width: 40.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed in the centre of the frieze: 'DIVERS DESSAINS / de Firze de Linvention / d'o douard Fiolete / propre aux peintre sculpteurs / Menuisiers et autres / A Paris chez Iean Boiffo / au Enlumineur / du Roy pour les cartes geographique en / Lisse du Palais a la Fontaine de le Iouvence Royalle / pres le Chevalle de bronze / 1646'
Object history
Reverse copy after a series of 10 plates of grotesques in friezes by Polifilo Giancarli.
Subjects depicted
Frieze
Architecture
Summary
This type of ornament recalls the XVI th century mannerism style, with its anthropomorphic and metamorphic figures and animals shown amongst foliated. Here the richness and strong rhythm of the friezes, creating lively movement, reflect Baroque tendencies of the seventeenth century.
Bibliographic references
  • Snodin, Michael and Llewellyn, Nigel (eds.), Baroque 1620-1800. Style in the Age of Magnificence, exh. cat., V&A Publishing, London, 2009
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1927, London: Board of Education, 1928.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.761-1927

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Record createdApril 14, 2005
Record URL
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