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Plate 3, from "Livre D'architecture de Porte et Cheminees"

Artist and engraver D. Antoine Pierretz French
Publisher Nicolas Langlois French
ca. 1647
Not on view
Plate 3 of a series of designs for doors and mantel pieces. This design presents a gate with an arch, two ionic colums on either side, between which are decorations of shields. On the attic is an inscription. Over the attic is a plinth with an eagle depicted on it. The statue on the plinth is that of a crowned woman holding a quiver and halberd with her right hand and a scale with her left. On either side of the plinth are trophies of war and a prisoner.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Plate 3, from "Livre D'architecture de Porte et Cheminees"
  • Series/Portfolio: Livre D'architecture de Porte et Cheminees
  • Artist and engraver: D. Antoine Pierretz (French, active 1647)
  • Publisher: Nicolas Langlois (French, Paris 1640–1703) , Paris
  • Date: ca. 1647
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Plate: 6 7/16 × 4 9/16 in. (16.4 × 11.6 cm)
    Sheet: 11 in. × 6 15/16 in. (27.9 × 17.7 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1957
  • Object Number: 57.584.6(3)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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