Desseins de Brasiers dont les Ornements peuuent Seruir aux Cuuettes, Tables, et autres Ouurages d'Orfeurerie, Plate 5

Alexis Loir|Pierre Mariette le fils

1660–1713 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

Plate 5 of a series of designs for braziers, tables and other silverware works. The main design on the left side is supported by a winged child half figure holding up a garland. The other brazier design on the same side features a half figure hiding its face. On the right side, the main design features a male figure with his foot resting on a helmet. The other designs on that side feature a winged lion, upper design, and a female half figure seen in profile, lower design. Finally, there are grotesque masks on the left side.

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