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Le Second Livre de Divers Ornemens de feuillages, en forme de Panneaux a l'Usage de Ceux qui exercent le Dessein

Etching
c. 1670-85 (Printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Paul Androuet Du Cerceau (Printmaker)
François De Poilly (Publisher)
Place of origin
Paris (Printed and published)

Paul Androuet Du Cerceau, plate from a set of 6 panels of ornament with foliated scrolls, masks etc. enclosing medallions with title and scenes from the life of Hercules, etching, Paris.


Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Prints
Object type
Etching
TitleLe Second Livre de Divers Ornemens de feuillages, en forme de Panneaux a l'Usage de Ceux qui exercent le Dessein (Series title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
Paul Androuet Du Cerceau, plate from a set of 6 panels of ornament with foliated scrolls, masks etc. enclosing medallions with title and scenes from the life of Hercules, etching, Paris.
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 18.2cm (Approx)
  • To plate mark width: 24.7cm
Bibliographic references
  • (Berlin II) Berlin Staatliche Museen, Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, no. 326.2.
  • (IFF) Bibliothèque Nationale, Inventaire du Fonds Français, Paris, 1930 –, vol. 1, 15.
  • Fuhring, P. Ornament prints in the Rijksmuseum II: The Seventeenth Century, 3 vols, Rotterdam, 2004, 629-634.
  • Coquery, E. (ed). Rinceaux et Figures: l’ornement en France au XVIIe siècle, Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2005, p. 81, fig. 6.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1937, London: Board of Education, 1938.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.750-1937

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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