Quarter of a Ceiling with Mercury in a Painted Scene at Center, Framed by a Wide Border with a Bust in a Niche at the Corner, from Nouveau Liure de Placfond, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot
Design showing a quarter of a ceiling, with a portion of the painted scene from the central panel of the ceiling included at upper right, with Mercury surrounded by figures in a celestial setting. In the border, panels, with the one at left depicting Apollo and Daphne. In the corner, a medallion with children and a goat, below a bust set in a shell-shaped niche and flanked by female figures holding up a garland. From a series of six prints with designs for ceiling decorations. The prints do not show the whole ceiling, but rather a quarter or two-thirds of the design. Since most of them are symmetric, this suffices to understand the overall look of the ceilings.
Artwork Details
- Title: Quarter of a Ceiling with Mercury in a Painted Scene at Center, Framed by a Wide Border with a Bust in a Niche at the Corner, from Nouveau Liure de Placfond, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot
- Series/Portfolio: Nouveau Liure de Placfond
- Artist: Daniel Marot the Elder (French, Paris 1661–1752 The Hague)
- Publisher: Published by Pierre Husson , The Hague
- Published in: The Hague
- Date: published 1703 or 1712
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 13 9/16 × 8 1/2 in. (34.4 × 21.6 cm)
Plate: 10 3/4 × 7 3/16 in. (27.3 × 18.2 cm) - Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
- Object Number: 30.4(40)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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