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Nouvelles Cheminée faitte en plusier en droits de la Hollande et autres Prouinces
Marot, born 1661 - died 1752 - Enlarge image
Nouvelles Cheminée faitte en plusier en droits de la Hollande et autres Prouinces
- Object:
Print
- Place of origin:
Holland (made)
The Hague, Holland (Fuhring proposes that this suite was published in The Hague (see catalogue entries 9160-9165)., published) - Date:
after 1703 (published)
- Artist/Maker:
Marot, born 1661 - died 1752 (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Etching on paper
- Museum number:
13857:1
- Gallery location:
British Galleries, room 54b, case 12, shelf D3
Object Type
This print is an etching. The image was made by using acid to bite lines in a metal plate. The lines on the plate were filled with ink which was then printed onto paper.
People
The Dutch Huguenot designer Daniel Marot published themed sets of half a dozen or so of his designs from 1687 onwards. These prints were also brought together in sets of collected works, consisting of more than 100 prints each, in 1703 and 1712. This print comes from a set of chimney-piece designs.
Ownership & Use
Prints such as these were used by craftsmen and designers as design sources. However, they also had another purpose, which was to further a designer's career by earning new commissions. Marot would have been well aware of this. When young he had worked as an engraver, making prints for the influential French designers Jean Le Pautre (1618-1682) and Jean B‚rain (1637-1711).
Place
The lettering on this print describes the chimney-piece as being in the English style. Corner chimney-pieces like this one can still be seen at Hampton Court Palace and at Ham House, Surrey. Although most closely associated with 17th-century buildings, they are also found in 18th-century buildings.
