Design for a City Gate in the Shape of a Triumphal Arch with a Tall Central Arch Topped with a Pediment, from Desseins d'Arc de Triomphe, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot
Daniel Marot the Elder French
Published by Pierre Husson Dutch
Not on view
Horizontal panel with a triumphal arch with three passageways, including a tall central arch with an attic and a pediment at top, decorated with a bas-relief. At top center of the arch, an armorial trophy. Each of the side passageways are extended into the foreground by rectangular structures, or avant-corps. In the foreground, a square with figures and an equestrian statue. Through the passageway, a view of the city in the background. Plate 4 from a group of five prints belonging to a series of six plates with designs for triumphal arches and city gates. With the exception of the title plate, all of the prints in the first series are numbered in the upper right corner.
