Diuerses Pieces tres Vtile pour les Arquebuzieres Nouvellement Inuentés

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Artist/Maker	Jean Berain (artist)
Place of origin	Paris (made)

The engravings present a series of intricate, intertwined sketches on the same sheet for gun-mountings entitled 'Diuerses Pieces tres Vtile pour les Arquebuzieres Nouvellement Inuentés et Graves par Jean Berain le Jeune...chez Le Blon...Paris 1667'. There are men and women depicted as well as mythical creatures (angels and satyrs), lion heads, snakes and curlicues. Signed 'Berain. F'.

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Category	Ornament Prints
Object type	Print
Title	Diuerses Pieces tres Vtile pour les Arquebuzieres Nouvellement Inuentés (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Engravings Paper Engraving
Brief description	Set of engraved designs for gun-mountings entitled 'Diuerses Pieces tres Vtile pour les Arquebuzieres". Paris, France, 1667.
Physical description	The engravings present a series of intricate, intertwined sketches on the same sheet for gun-mountings entitled 'Diuerses Pieces tres Vtile pour les Arquebuzieres Nouvellement Inuentés et Graves par Jean Berain le Jeune...chez Le Blon...Paris 1667'. There are men and women depicted as well as mythical creatures (angels and satyrs), lion heads, snakes and curlicues. Signed 'Berain. F'.
Dimensions	Average size height: 4.5in Average size width: 6.25in Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Marks and inscriptions	Signed Berain. F.
Subjects depicted	Angels Snakes Birds Leaves Lions
Bibliographic reference	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1925-1946

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O606182/diuerses-pieces-tres-vtile-pour-print-jean-berain/

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