Bedroom in which Scylla cuts the lock of hair from her father Nisus' head, plate 6 from 'Alcôves à la romaine', bound in "Oeuvres", Vol. I
Jean Le Pautre French
Publisher Jean Mariette French
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This print is bound in Volume I of Oeuvres. Jombert published his collection of Le Pautre in 1751. Volume I contains "desseins... pour la décoration des maisons, etouches, edifices;." This print is part of a series of six plates depicting bedrooms in the Roman style as the setting for fables. This series was published by Nicolas I Langlois, by Jean Mariette, and by Jombert in 1751.