Desseins de Brasiers dont les Ornements peuuent Seruir aux Cuuettes, Tables, et autres Ouurages d'Orfeurerie, Plate 4

Alexis Loir|Pierre Mariette le fils

1660–1713 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

Plate 4 of a series of designs for braziers, tables and other silverware works. The main design on the left side is supported by child half figure holding an eagle behind him. The other brazier designs on the same side feature a dragon, upper design, and a winged lion holding a garland in its mouth, lower design. On the right side, the main design features a male half figure holding a snake. The other designs on that side feature a goat, upper design, and a pensive half figure, lower design. Finally, there are grotesque masks on both sides.

Artist

Alexis Loir|Pierre Mariette le fils

Date

1660–1713

Medium

Etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949