Plate from "Nouveaux Dessins de Gueridons dont les pieds sont propres pour des croix, chandeliers, chenets et autres ouvrages d'orfevrerie et de sculpture"
Three designs for gueridons. The one on the left is characterized by two satyrs supporting the tabletop. There are also garlands and acanthus leaves. The center design presents two satyrs standing on a gadrooned vase with animals heads jutting from the sides. The foot of the design shows two half-sphixes whose "tails" entwine. The design on the right is decorated with acanthus leaves.
Artwork Details
- Title: Plate from "Nouveaux Dessins de Gueridons dont les pieds sont propres pour des croix, chandeliers, chenets et autres ouvrages d'orfevrerie et de sculpture"
- Series/Portfolio: Nouveaux Dessins de Gueridons dont les pieds sont propres pour des croix, chandeliers, chenets et autres ouvrages d'orfevrerie et de sculpture
- Artist and engraver: Alexis Loir (French, 1640–1713)
- Publisher: Nicolas Langlois II (French, 1670–1707)
- Date: late 17th century
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 9 in. × 6 1/4 in. (22.8 × 15.8 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
- Object Number: 59.608.122
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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