Design for a City Gate in the Shape of a Triumphal Arch with Statues of Victory and Hercules Before Obelisks Flanking the Central Passageway, from Second Liure d'Arc de Triomphe et Porte de Ville, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot
Horizontal panel with a triumphal arch with three passageways. The tall central passageway is arched and crowned with a pediment with a bas-relief. At left and right, shorter rectangular openings with shells in lunettes above. At either side of the central arch are obelisks with flaming balls on top, decorated with portrait medallions. In front of the obelisk at left, a statue of Victory; at right, Hercules. From a group of four prints belonging to a series of six plates with designs for triumphal arches and city gates.
Artwork Details
- Title: Design for a City Gate in the Shape of a Triumphal Arch with Statues of Victory and Hercules Before Obelisks Flanking the Central Passageway, from Second Liure d'Arc de Triomphe et Porte de Ville, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot
- Series/Portfolio: Second Liure d'Arc de Triomphe et Porte de Ville
- 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: 8 9/16 × 13 7/16 in. (21.7 × 34.2 cm)
Plate: 7 13/16 × 11 1/4 in. (19.9 × 28.6 cm) - Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
- Object Number: 30.4(118)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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