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Premr. Etage.

Print
ca. 1745 (made)
Artist/Maker
Allouis (engraver)
Huquier, Gabriel (engraver)
Meissonnier, Juste-Aurèle (designer)
Huquier, Gabriel (publisher)

Design for a town house at Bayonne for M. Brethous; engraving depicting the first floor.


Object details

Categories
Architecture
Prints
Object type
Print
TitlePremr. Etage. (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
'Premr. Etage.', one of 11 plates of designs for a town house, from 'Oeuvre de Juste Aurèle Meissonnier'. Engraved by Allouis or Huquier; published by Huquier, Paris, ca.1745.
Physical description
Design for a town house at Bayonne for M. Brethous; engraving depicting the first floor.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.2cm
  • Width: 14.6cm
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
  • 'Premr. Etage' (Lettered)
  • '7' (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 between1742 and 1750. The designs of Meissonnier had previously been published in printed sets or cahiers by Chereau the publisher; these were advertised in the Mercure in March 1734.
Production
In the printed catalogue entry for this object, it is not clear whether it was engraved by Allouis or Huquier himself.
Subject depicted
House
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967 . London: HMSO, 1968.
  • Donnell, Edina. Juste Aurele and the Rococo Style. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. Dec, 1941, vo. 36, no. 12. pp. 254-260
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.154-1967

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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