Ceiling Design with a Recessed Rectangular Section and a Trompe-l'Oeil Oculus, from Nouveau Liure de Placfond, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot
Daniel Marot the Elder French
Published by Pierre Husson Dutch
Not on view
Design for a ceiling, with the opposite coving seen at eye level and the rectangular recessed section with a trompe-l'oeil oculus seen from below. The oculus shows a celestial scene with putti. The coving has ornamental decoration, including grotesques and a medallion under a canopy at center. From a series of six prints with designs for ceiling decorations. The prints do not show the whole ceiling, but rather a quarter or two-thirds of the design. Since most of them are symmetric, this suffices to understand the overall look of the ceilings.