Elevation du Projet d'un feu d'Artifice sur l'eau pour le marriage de Me. Premiere
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ca.1745 (published)
ca.1745 (published)
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Plate depicting a design for a firework set-piece.
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Title | Elevation du Projet d'un feu d'Artifice sur l'eau pour le marriage de Me. Premiere (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Etched and engraved |
Brief description | Plate (1 of 3) depicting a design for firework set-pieces by Juste Aurèle Meissonnier. Engraved by Antoine Hérisset and published by Gabriel Huquier, ca.1745. |
Physical description | Plate depicting a design for a firework set-piece. |
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Object history | From the 'Oeuvre de Juste Aurèle Meissonnier', a volume of engravings after the works of the French designer, architect and goldsmith, Juste Aurèle Meissonnier (1695-1750). These were issued in three editions between 1742 and 1750. The designs of Meissonnier had previously been published in printed sets or cahiers by Chereau the publisher, and were advertised in the Mercure in March 1734. This plate is one of three designs for firework set-pieces. The first two plates show designs apparently made for the celebrations at Versailles on the occasion of the marriage of Louise Elizabeth of France with Infante Don Philippe of Spain in August 1739. However there appears to be no evidence that Meissonnier's designs were executed, the general credit being given to Cochin. |
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Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967 . London: HMSO, 1968. |
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Accession number | E.258-1967 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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