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Côté de l'Ecritoire de Monsieur le Comte de Maurepas

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

Plate depicting a design for an inkstand.


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Côté de l'Ecritoire de Monsieur le Comte de Maurepas (assigned by artist)
  • Onziéme livre des oeuvre de Mr. Messonier [<i>sic</i>] (series title)
Materials and techniques
Etched
Etching
Brief description
Plate depicting a design for an inkstand made for the Comte de Maurepas. From a set (6 on 4 sheets) entitled 'Onziéme livre des oeuvre de Mr. Messonier' (series letter L). Engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier, ca.1745.
Physical description
Plate depicting a design for an inkstand.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.6cm
  • Width: 25.7cm
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
  • 'Côté de l'Ecritoire de Monsieur le Comte de Maurepas' ‘J. A. Messonnier [sic] inv. Huquier Sculp. et ex. rue St. Jacque C.P.R.’ ‘L’ (Lettered, and with publisher's series letter)
  • '72' (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 ‘Onziéme livre des oeuvre de Mr. Messonier’ (series letter L) - depicting designs for a candelabra, girandoles, a frame for a toilet-glass and an inkstand.

The inkstand design depicted in this plate was made for Jean Frédéric Phélypeaux, Comte de Maurepas (1701-1781).
Subject depicted
Inkstand
Association
Phélypeaux, Jean-Frédéric (Comte De Maurepas)
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.212-1967

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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