Plate 2, from "Desseins de Brasiers dont les Ornements peuuent Seruir aux Cuuettes, Tables, et autres Ouurages d'Orfeurerie"

Publisher Pierre Mariette le fils French
1660–1713
Not on view
Plate 2 of a series of designs for braziers, tables and other silverware works. The main design on the left side is supported by a sphinx holding a garland of leaves. Other designs on the same side feature a faun, upper design, and a salamander, lower design. On the right side, the main design features a goat's head and leg. The other designs feature a male half figure holding a garland, upper design, and an eagle, lower design. Finally, there are three grotesques masks at the top of the plate.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Plate 2, from "Desseins de Brasiers dont les Ornements peuuent Seruir aux Cuuettes, Tables, et autres Ouurages d'Orfeurerie"
  • Series/Portfolio: Desseins de Brasiers dont les Ornements peuuent Seruir aux Cuuettes, Tables, et autres Ouurages d'Orfeurerie
  • Artist: Alexis Loir (French, 1640–1713)
  • Publisher: Pierre Mariette le fils (French, Paris 1634–1716 Paris)
  • Date: 1660–1713
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Plate: 6 1/4 × 9 3/16 in. (15.9 × 23.3 cm)
    Sheet: 7 11/16 × 10 15/16 in. (19.6 × 27.8 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
  • Object Number: 49.50.427(2)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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