Title Page to "Livre Nouveau de Prinsipes D'Ornemens, tres facil. Pour apprendre a Dessigner"
Title page to the series 'Livre Nouveau de Prinsipes d'Ornemens', consisting of seven plates of rudimentary ornament designs to instruct (young) artists in how to design and delineate ornaments.
Artwork Details
- Title: Title Page to "Livre Nouveau de Prinsipes D'Ornemens, tres facil. Pour apprendre a Dessigner"
- Series/Portfolio: Livre Nouveau de Prinsipes D'Ornemens, tres facil. Pour apprendre a Dessigner
- Artist and publisher: Nicolas Guérard (French, ca. 1648–1719 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1715–25
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Plate: 10 15/16 × 6 3/4 in. (27.8 × 17.1 cm)
Sheet: 14 13/16 × 9 5/8 in. (37.7 × 24.5 cm) - Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
- Object Number: 49.69.17(1)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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