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Elements d'Orfevrerie Divisés en deux Parties de Cinquante Feuilles

1748
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Elements d'Orfevrerie Divisés en deux Parties de Cinquante Feuilles
  • Artist and publisher: Pierre Germain (French, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon 1703–1783 Paris)
  • Artist: Jacques Roëttiers (French, St-Germain-en-Laye 1707–1784 Paris)
  • Etcher: Etched by Jacques Jean Pasquier (French, Paris 1718–1785 Paris)
  • Etcher: Etched by Jean Charles Baquoy (French, 1721–1777)
  • Publisher: Published by Marguerite Caillou Chéreau (French, active Paris, 1714–57)
  • Published in: Paris
  • Date: 1748
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Overall: 11 13/16 x 8 7/8 x 1 3/16 in. (30 x 22.5 x 3 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1918
  • Object Number: 18.62.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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