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Plate twelve from Nouveavx Desseins D'Arquebvseries

Engraver De Lacollombe French
Publisher Published by Gilles Demarteau French
dated 1736
Not on view
This print is a prime example of French designs for the decoration of firearms in the late rococo style, which set the fashion for luxury arms across Europe at the time. It was created by an enigmatic engraver known only as De Lacollombe and comes from a group that was added to after his death and then published by his better-known pupil Gilles Demarteau (1722–1776) in about 1749. Individual motifs taken from them can be seen on guns made throughout the eighteenth century in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, and Spain.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Plate twelve from Nouveavx Desseins D'Arquebvseries
  • Engraver: De Lacollombe (French, Paris, active ca. 1702–ca. 1736)
  • Publisher: Published by Gilles Demarteau (French, Liège 1722–1776 Paris)
  • Date: dated 1736
  • Geography: Paris
  • Culture: French, Paris
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. (19 x 23.8 cm)
  • Classification: Works on Paper
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Goelet Gift, 2013

  • Object Number: 2013.905
  • Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor

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