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Livre d'Ornements a l'Usage Des Artistes

1772–73
Not on view
Print series consisting of a title page and eighteen plates with Antique (marble) relief sculpture on friezes, pilasters, panels and vases after drawings made by L'Huilier and Doublay in Rome, issued in Paris by Jean at his shop in the Rue de Saint Jean de Beavais No 32. The title page, which appears to have been added by the editor Jean, mistakenly attributes the entire work to L'Huilier, and identifies Doublay (spelled Doublet) and Romae (In Rome) as the engravers of the series. Inscriptions on the plate clarify that L'Huilier and Doublay made the drawings in Rome (delineaverunt Romae). One plate is signed C. Baquoy.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Livre d'Ornements a l'Usage Des Artistes
  • Engraver: Simon Charles Miger (French, Nemours 1736–1820 Paris)
  • Artist: After Nicolas François Daniel l'Huilier (French, 1736–1793)
  • Artist: After Etienne (?) Doublay (French, active Rome and Paris ca. 1750–90)
  • Artist: Jean Charles Baquoy (French, 1721–1777)
  • Publisher: Jean (French, active Paris (Rue Saint Jean de Beauvais) ca. 1770–1810)
  • Published in: Paris
  • Date: 1772–73
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Overall: 21 1/8 x 14 3/16 x 3/8 in. (53.7 x 36 x 1 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1946
  • Object Number: 46.149.5(1-19)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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L'Amour en Sentinelle, Simon Charles Miger French, Etching and engraving; first state of two (Portalis)
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Translation de Voltaire au Panthéon Français, Simon Charles Miger French, Etching and engraving
Translation de Voltaire au Panthéon Français
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1817
Struthio Camelus (Femina) / L'Autruche Femele / Female Ostrich
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1808
Jupiter and Mercury as Guests of Baucis and Philemon, from "Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide en Latin et en François de la traduction de M. l'Abbé Banier de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Avec des explications historiques. A Paris Chez Despilly rue saint Jacques à la croix d'or. MDCCLXVII. Avec Approbation et Privilège du Roi"
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ca. 1765
Study of Male Nude, Simon Charles Miger French, Engraving
Study of Male Nude
Simon Charles Miger
Gabriel Briard
1762

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