Plate 3, from "Livre D'architecture de Porte et Cheminees"
Plate 3 of a series of designs for doors and mantel pieces. This design presents a gate with an arch, two ionic colums on either side, between which are decorations of shields. On the attic is an inscription. Over the attic is a plinth with an eagle depicted on it. The statue on the plinth is that of a crowned woman holding a quiver and halberd with her right hand and a scale with her left. On either side of the plinth are trophies of war and a prisoner.
Artwork Details
- Title: Plate 3, from "Livre D'architecture de Porte et Cheminees"
- Series/Portfolio: Livre D'architecture de Porte et Cheminees
- Artist and engraver: D. Antoine Pierretz (French, active 1647)
- Publisher: Nicolas Langlois (French, Paris 1640–1703) , Paris
- Date: ca. 1647
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Plate: 6 7/16 × 4 9/16 in. (16.4 × 11.6 cm)
Sheet: 11 in. × 6 15/16 in. (27.9 × 17.7 cm) - Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1957
- Object Number: 57.584.6(3)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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