Two variants for fireplace ornamented with a depictoin of Scylla and Glaucus [?] at upper left and a mythological scene at upper right, plate 2 from 'Livre de Cheminées Executées dans les Apartemens de Versailles', bound in "Oeuvres", Vol. I
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;."
Artwork Details
- Title: Two variants for fireplace ornamented with a depictoin of Scylla and Glaucus [?] at upper left and a mythological scene at upper right, plate 2 from 'Livre de Cheminées Executées dans les Apartemens de Versailles', bound in "Oeuvres", Vol. I
- Series/Portfolio: Livre de Cheminées Executées dans les Apartemens de Versailles
- Artist: Pierre Le Pautre (French, ca. 1660–1744)
- Publisher: M. Daigremont (French, active ca.1670–1700)
- Published in: Paris
- Date: 1670–99
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 13 9/16 × 8 1/4 in. (34.5 × 21 cm)
Plate: 10 3/16 × 6 7/8 in. (25.8 × 17.5 cm) - Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
- Object Number: 33.84(1.237)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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