Ceiling Design, plate 39 from "Curieuses recherches de plusieurs beaus morceaus d'ornemens antiques et modernes..."
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.
Artwork Details
- Title: Ceiling Design, plate 39 from "Curieuses recherches de plusieurs beaus morceaus d'ornemens antiques et modernes..."
- Series/Portfolio: Curieuses recherches de plusieurs beaus morceaus d'ornemens antiques et modernes...
- Artist: Attributed to Jacques LePautre (French, ca. 1653–ca. 1684)
- Artist: After Adam Philippon (French, active 1640–50)
- Date: 1645
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Plate: 9 3/16 x 5 5/16 in. (23.3 x 13.5 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/8 x 7 5/16 in. (28.3 x 18.6 cm) - Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008
- Object Number: 2018.839.12
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Jacques LePautre
1682
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Jean Berain
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Jean I Leblond
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