Ceiling decoration with an amorous couple at the center, from Plafonds modernes, plate 10, bound in Oeuvres. Vol. I
Jean Le Pautre French
Publisher Pierre Mariette le fils 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 deicting new ceiling decorations. The series was published by Pierre II Mariette around 1656-57 and was republished by Jombert in 1751.