Plate 3, from "Livre D'architecture de Porte et Cheminees"
Artist and engraver D. Antoine Pierretz French
Publisher Nicolas Langlois French
Not on view
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.
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