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Plafond de Peinture Pour la Cabinet de Mr. le Comte de Bielenski grand Mal. de la Couronne de Pologne

Print
ca.1745 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate depicting a design for the decoration of a room with a chimney piece, wall mirrors, painted panels representing Zephyr and Flora and (?) Venus and Adonis, pier-glasses and a painted ceiling decorated with the chariot of the Sun, Muses and groups of emblematic of the Arts and Sciences.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePlafond de Peinture Pour la Cabinet de Mr. le Comte de Bielenski grand Mal. de la Couronne de Pologne (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraved
Brief description
Plate; from a set (3) of designs for a room, designed by Juste Aurèle Meissonnier for the Count Bielinski (series letter P). Engraved by Pierre Alexandre Aveline and published by Gabriel Huquier, ca.1745.
Physical description
Plate depicting a design for the decoration of a room with a chimney piece, wall mirrors, painted panels representing Zephyr and Flora and (?) Venus and Adonis, pier-glasses and a painted ceiling decorated with the chariot of the Sun, Muses and groups of emblematic of the Arts and Sciences.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.1cm
  • Width: 41.6cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967. London: HMSO, 1968.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Plafond de Peinture Pour la Cabinet de Mr. le Comte de Bielenski grand Mal. de la Couronne de Pologne' 'J. A. Meissonnier Pinxit P. Aveline Sculp A Paris chés Huquier rue St. Jacques prés celle des Mathurins. C P R.' 'P' (Lettered, and with publisher's series letter)
  • '90' (Numbered)
Object history
From the 'Oeuvre de Juste Aurèle Meissonnier', a volume of engravings after the works of the French designer, architect and goldsmith, Juste Aurèle Meissonnier (1695-1750). These were issued in three editions between 1742 and 1750. The designs of Meissonnier had previously been published in printed sets or cahiers by Chereau the publisher, and were advertised in the Mercure in March 1734.

This plate is one of four (series letter P), depicting designs for the decoration of a room for Count Bielinski, grand marshal of Poland.
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967 . London: HMSO, 1968.
Collection
Accession number
E.236-1967

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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