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Elevation du cote de la Rue du Pont Mayou

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

Design for a town house at Bayonne for M. Brethous; engraving depicting an elevation with dimensions.


Object details

Categories
Architecture
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleElevation du cote de la Rue du Pont Mayou (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
'Elevation du cote de la Rue du Pont Mayou', one of 11 plates of designs for a town house, from 'Oeuvre de Juste Aurèle Meissonnier'. Engraved by Allouis and published by Huquier, Paris, ca.1745.
Physical description
Design for a town house at Bayonne for M. Brethous; engraving depicting an elevation with dimensions.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.1cm
  • 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
  • 'Elevation du cote de la Rue du Pont Mayou' 'Meissonnier in. Allouis Sculp.' 'A Paris chez la Vf Chereau St. Jacques aux deux piliers d'or. A.P.D.R.' (Lettered)
  • '2' (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
This plate had previously been published by the widow Chéreau- presumably the wife of the engraver, print-seller and publisher, François Chéreau. Her imprint survives on this plate from the earlier publication.
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.146-1967

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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