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Fonds de Coupes

Etching
about 1546 (Etched)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etching.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Fonds de Coupes (series title)
  • Fonds et couvercles de coupes (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau. 1 of 9 plates from a set of 10; Circular design for the interior decoration of drinking cups. French, mid 16th century
Physical description
Etching.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 17.1cm
Styles
Bibliographic references
  • Geymüller, H. von Les Du Cerceau, leur vie et leur oeuvre (Paris: Librairie de l'Art, 1887), p. 321 [fig. 68].
  • Linzeler, A. and Jean Adhémar. Inventaire du fonds français; graveurs du seizième siècle (Paris: M. Le Garrec; Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1932-1935, 1938): vol. 1, p. 64.
  • Guillaume, J., P. Fuhring and V. Auclair [et al.] Jacques Androuet du Cerceau : 'un des plus grands architectes qui soient jamais trouvés en France' Paris. c. 2010, p. 307.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1911, London, Printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office 1912
Collection
Accession number
E.2216-1911

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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