Chimney-Piece with Nymphs Flanking an Smoking Urn on the Overmantel, from Nouvelles Cheminées Faittes en Plusieur en Droits de la Hollande et Autres Prouinces, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot

Daniel Marot the Elder|Pierre Husson

published 1703 or 1712 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

Design for a chimney-piece set in an interior. On the chimney's attic, a frieze with a sacrificial scene. Above, two seated nymphs flanked a smoking urn on the overmantel, while festoons hang from a mask above. At left, half of a door with a warrior scene visible in the overdoor painting. From a group of five prints belonging to a series of six plates with designs for chimneys shown in context and with additional decorations.

Artist

Daniel Marot the Elder|Pierre Husson

Date

published 1703 or 1712

Medium

Etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930