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Plate 3, from "New Book of All Sorts of Ornaments of Gold- and Silversmiths" (Livre Nouveau De toutes Sortes d'Ouvrages d'Orfevries)

Publisher Claude Torcheboeuf French
1701
Not on view
Plate 3 of a series of eight plates of designs used by gold- and silversmiths. In frames of grotesques are scenes of children practicing the silver- and goldsmith's craft. This design is caracterized by two children working over a a tub of embers and a third, on the left side, flapping a wing like a fan.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Plate 3, from "New Book of All Sorts of Ornaments of Gold- and Silversmiths" (Livre Nouveau De toutes Sortes d'Ouvrages d'Orfevries)
  • Series/Portfolio: New Book of All Sorts of Ornaments of Gold- and Silversmiths (Livre Nouveau De toutes Sortes d'Ouvrages d'Orfevries)
  • Publisher: Claude Torcheboeuf (French, active 1701)
  • Date: 1701
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 3 9/16 × 3 13/16 in. (9.1 × 9.7 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.540.15(84)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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