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Exempla arcuum

Print
1549 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Du Cerceau, Jacques Androuet (I) (Etcher)
Place of origin
Orléans (Published)

Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau, Exempla Arcuum [...], 1 of 26 plates including title page from the series of 25 imaginary triumphal arches, French, 1549.


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Exempla arcuum (assigned by artist)
  • Arcs de triomphe modernes et antiques (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau, Exempla Arcuum [...], 1 of 26 plates including title page from the series of 25 imaginary triumphal arches, French, 1549.
Styles
Late Renaissance
Mannerist
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D. Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, 13.
  • Geymüller, H. von Les Du Cerceau, leur vie et leur oeuvre (Paris: Librairie de l'Art, 1887), p. 302.
  • 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. 68.
  • Hors-Série de Connaissance des Arts, Androuet du Cerceau:1520-1586, exh. cat., Paris: Société Française de Promotion Artistique et la Cité de l'architecture & du patrimoine/musée des Monuments français, 10 février au 10 mai 2010, p. 20.
  • 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. 311.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.4635-1906

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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