Chimney with a Bacchanal over the Mantle from 'Grandes Cheminée'
Design for a chimney characterized by double terms on either side. Over the mantel an octagonal panel with a Bacchanal has been placed. The panel is surrounded by four ignudi holding up a heavy garland.
Artwork Details
- Title: Chimney with a Bacchanal over the Mantle from 'Grandes Cheminée'
- Artist and engraver: Jean Le Pautre (French, Paris 1618–1682 Paris)
- Publisher: Jean I Leblond (French, ca. 1590–1666 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1644–66
- Medium: etching [2nd edition]
- Dimensions: Sheet: 10 15/16 × 8 7/16 in. (27.8 × 21.5 cm) [cropped partly within plate mark]
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
- Object Number: 53.600.83(2)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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