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Nüzliche Anleitung Rocailles Nebst andern Verzierungen nach ihren Entwürffen Umriffen Schatte und Licht richtig nach zu zeichnen

Ornament Print
1740-1750 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Suite B, plate 4.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleNüzliche Anleitung Rocailles Nebst andern Verzierungen nach ihren Entwürffen Umriffen Schatte und Licht richtig nach zu zeichnen (series title)
Materials and techniques
engraving
Brief description
Johann Justin Preissler. Plate from a set of five suites of rococo ornament marked, A, B, C, D, and E and entitled 'Nüzliche Anleitung Rocailles Nebst andern Verzierungen nach ihren Entwürffen Umriffen Schatte und Licht richtig nach zu zeichnen' German, 1740-1750.
Physical description
Suite B, plate 4.
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 19.9cm
  • To plate mark width: 16.3cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Numbered '4' in the upper right of the plate.
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p.432, 52 (1).
  • (Berlin II) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 162.
Collection
Accession number
29659:8

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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