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Chandelier d'Eglise

Print
ca.1745 (published)
Artist/Maker
Huquier, Gabriel (engraver)
Huquier, Gabriel (publisher)
Meissonnier (designer)
Place of origin
Paris (published)

Plate depicting an altar candlestick.


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Chandelier d'Eglise (assigned by artist)
  • Livre d'Orfeverie d'Eglise Treisieme Livre des Oeuvres de J. A. Meissonnier (series title)
Materials and techniques
Etched and engraved
Engraving
Etching
Brief description
Plate depicting a design for an altar candlestick. From a set (6) entitled 'Livre d'Orfeverie d'Eglise Treisieme Livre des Oeuvres de J. A. Meissonnier' (series letter M). Engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier, ca.1745.
Physical description
Plate depicting an altar candlestick.
Dimensions
  • Height: 39.1cm
  • Width: 20cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967. London: HMSO, 1968.
Style
Rococo
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Chandelier d'Eglise' 'J. A. Meissonnier inv. Huquier Sculp. et ex rue St. Jacque C P R' 'N' (Lettered, and with publisher's series letter)
  • '81' (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 from a set entitled 'Livre d'Orfeverie d'Eglise Treisieme Livre des Oeuvres de J. A. Meissonnier' (series letter M), containing a series of plates depicting designs for ecclesiastical silversmith's work including a monstrance, altar-cross, ciborium, altar candlestick, censer with incense boat, and a hanging lamp and bracket.
Subjects depicted
Altar
Candlestick
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967 . London: HMSO, 1968.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.226-1967

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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