Ceiling Design, plate 39 from "Curieuses recherches de plusieurs beaus morceaus d'ornemens antiques et modernes..."

Attributed to Jacques LePautre French
 After Adam Philippon French

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Published as part of a series designed and published by Philippon in 1645, reproducing elements of Italian architecture, this print shows part of an ornamented ceiling. Below, an octagonal coffer contains an image of Aeneas fleeing Troy with Anchises and Ascanius. Above is a rosette surrounded by figures and acanthus scrolls in a star-shaped panel.

Ceiling Design, plate 39 from "Curieuses recherches de plusieurs beaus morceaus d'ornemens antiques et modernes...", Attributed to Jacques LePautre (French, ca. 1653–ca. 1684), Etching

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