Frieze with an eagle holding serpents from the head of a Gorgon in its mouth, from Rinceaux de frises et de feuillages, plate 5, in A Bound Collection of Print Series Including Cheminées et Lambris, Alcoves à la Romaine, Feuillages et autres ornemens..., etc.

Title: Frieze with an eagle holding serpents from the head of a Gorgon in its mouth, from Rinceaux de frises et de feuillages, plate 5, in A Bound Collection of Print Series Including Cheminées et Lambris, Alcoves à la Romaine, Feuillages et autres ornemens..., etc.

Series/Portfolio: Rinceaux de frises et de feuillages

Artist: Jean Le Pautre (French, Paris 1618–1682 Paris)

Publisher: Jean Mariette (French, Saint Benoît 1660–1742 Paris)

Publisher: Charles Antoine Jombert (French, 1712–1784)

Published in: Paris

Date: 1751

Medium: Etching; second state of two (Préaud)

Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 12 3/8 in. (21 × 31.5 cm)
Plate: 5 5/8 × 8 1/4 in. (14.3 × 20.9 cm)

Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1918

Object Number: 18.62.4(40)