Plate 13, from "Livre D'architecture de Porte et Cheminees"
Plate 13 of a series of designs for doors and mantel pieces. This design presents a mantel piece. The fireplace has the form of a three-centered arch. Over it is a band of stiff-leaf decoration, topped by acanthus leaves and the bust of a female. There are garlands from the bust to the arch above. The spandrels above are decorated with vegetation. On either side are doric pilasters in front of which are two statues of women, on plinths. The one on the left has a blindfold and is holding a sword, the one on the right is holding an olive branch. Over all that is a frieze of triglyphs and metopes of alternating bucranes and rosettes.The attic is decorated with a circular medallion with a monogram, garlands and palm branches.
Artwork Details
- Title: Plate 13, 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: 5 9/16 × 4 in. (14.2 × 10.2 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(11)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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