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Tombeaux ou Mausolées

Print
1630-1650 (published)
Artist/Maker
Marot, Jean (designer)
Mariette (publisher)
Place of origin
Paris (published)

Title plate.


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
TitleTombeaux ou Mausolées (series title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
Jean Marot. Title plate from a suite of 10, including title plate, of tombs entitled 'Tombeaux ou Mausolées', published by Pierre Maritette. French, 1630-1650.
Physical description
Title plate.
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 21.4cm
  • To plate mark width: 13.0cm
Style
Baroque
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered in the centre of the plate: 'TOMBEAUX / OV / MOSOLÉES, / Nouuellement inuentés, / et graués par Iean Marot / Architecte. / A Paris chez Pierre Mariette / rue S. Iacques a l'Eperance' The plate is lettered with the number '1' in the lower right.
Bibliographic references
  • Mauban, A. Jean Marot, architecte et graveur parisien, Paris, 1944, pp.152-157.
  • Fuhring, P. Ornament prints in the Rijksmuseum II: The Seventeenthy Century, 3 vols, Rotterdam, 2004, vol. 2, 8510.
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p.82, 13 (5).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.5902-1908

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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