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Escallier du Comte d'Albemarle in Voorst, from Nouveaux Liure de Pintures de Salles et d'Escalliers, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot

Publisher Published by Pierre Husson Dutch
published 1703 or 1712
Not on view
Trompe-l'œil decoration for the staircase in the house of the Duke of Albemarle in Voorst, with figures under a portico supported by Corinthian columns with statues of Diana and Apollo. Above, the ceiling is decorated with female figures pouring water. From a series of six prints with designs for the painted decoration of rooms and staircases.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Escallier du Comte d'Albemarle in Voorst, from Nouveaux Liure de Pintures de Salles et d'Escalliers, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot
  • Series/Portfolio: Nouveaux Liure de Pintures de Salles et d'Escalliers
  • Artist: Daniel Marot the Elder (French, Paris 1661–1752 The Hague)
  • Publisher: Published by Pierre Husson , The Hague
  • Published in: The Hague
  • Date: published 1703 or 1712
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 13 9/16 × 8 9/16 in. (34.4 × 21.7 cm)
    Plate: 10 15/16 × 7 11/16 in. (27.8 × 19.5 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
  • Object Number: 30.4(3)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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