Three Designs for Hand Rails Above Four Masks, from Nouveau Liure de Serrurie, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot
Daniel Marot the Elder French
Published by Pierre Husson Dutch
Not on view
Vertical plate with three designs for balcony railings arranged vertically. The bottom design is decorated with masks set between scrolling tendrils. At bottom left, a row of four masks, with the one at far right shown in profile. From a group of five prints belonging to a series of six plates with designs for wrought iron gates, handrails, and locks . The series was first issued by Marot in 1689-1702 and was included in the collected work published in 1703.