Three variants for fireplace designs ornamented with a depiction of Jason and the Dragon [?] at upper left and a Bacchic cortège and bust at upper right, plate 3 from 'Livre de Cheminées Executées dans les Apartemens de Versailles', bound in "Oeuvres", Vol. I

1670–99

Not on view

This print is bound in Volume I of Oeuvres. Jombert published his collection of Le Pautre in 1751. Volume I contains "desseins... pour la décoration des maisons, etouches, edifices;."

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Title: Three variants for fireplace designs ornamented with a depiction of Jason and the Dragon [?] at upper left and a Bacchic cortège and bust at upper right, plate 3 from 'Livre de Cheminées Executées dans les Apartemens de Versailles', bound in "Oeuvres", Vol. I
Series/Portfolio: Livre de Cheminées Executées dans les Apartemens de Versailles
Artist: Pierre Le Pautre (French, ca. 1660–1744)
Publisher: M. Daigremont (French, active ca.1670–1700)
Published in: Paris
Date: 1670–99
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 13 9/16 × 8 1/4 in. (34.5 × 21 cm)
Plate: 10 1/8 × 6 7/8 in. (25.7 × 17.4 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
Object Number: 33.84(1.238)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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