Interior with a Canopy Bed with Mars and Minerva Flanking a Vase on the Headboard, from Second Liure Dappartements, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot
Interior with a canopy bed with an ornate headboard decorated with Mars and Minerva seated on either side of a vase. The curtains hang from a rail that runs around the baldachin, which is decorated with a female mask flanked by putti at the front. At left and right of the bed, armchairs set against the wall; at right, an open door shows a tall window in the room beyond. From a series of six prints with designs for the interior decoration of bedrooms. Five plates show views of the interior and one plate shows individual designs for textiles and the upholstery of chairs.
Artwork Details
- Title: Interior with a Canopy Bed with Mars and Minerva Flanking a Vase on the Headboard, from Second Liure Dappartements, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot
- Series/Portfolio: Second Liure Dappartements
- 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 7/16 × 8 3/8 in. (34.1 × 21.3 cm)
Plate: 10 13/16 × 7 1/2 in. (27.5 × 19 cm) - Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
- Object Number: 30.4(14)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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