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Sixieme Livre Des Oeuvres de J. A. Messonier [sic] Grave par Huquier

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

Plate, a design for a picture frame for a hunting picture.


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Sixieme Livre Des Oeuvres de J. A. Messonier [sic] Grave par Huquier (series title)
  • Developement de bordure pour un chasse du Roy (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etched and engraved
Engraving
Etching (Printing Process)
Brief description
Plate depicting a design for a picture frame for Louis XV, from a set of plates (6 on 5 sheets) entitled 'Sixieme Livre Des Oeuvres de J. A. Messonier [sic] Grave par Huquier'; taken from 'Oeuvre de Juste Aurèle Meissonnier'. Etching and engraving by Gabriel Huquier, ca.1745.
Physical description
Plate, a design for a picture frame for a hunting picture.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.9cm
  • Width: 21.6cm
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
  • 'Developement de bordures pour un chasse du Roy' 'J. A. Messonnier [sic] inv. Huquier Sculp. et ex. C.P.R.' 'F' (Lettered, and with publisher's series letter)
  • '38' (Numbered)
Object history
From '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.
Subject depicted
Frame
Association
Louis XV (King of France)
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.179-1967

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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