Diverses Pieces de Serruriers, title page (recto)

Hugues Brisville|Jean Berain|Gabriel Ladame

ca. 1663 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints

Engravings by Jean I Berain, French, Saint-Mihiel 1640-1711 Paris and Gabriel Ladame, French, active 1645-68. Designs published by Francois Langlois after Hughes Brisville, French, born ca. 1633, active Paris 1663. Illustrated engraved title page that is in the shape of a rectangle. Title is printed in black ink at the center of the page. Encircling the title is a decorative oval frame, which is characterized by two twisting vines that transform into the upper bodies of human figures. At the top of the oval is a winged grotesque head and at the bottom is a lion's head to which the ends of the vines attach. At the very top of the design is a coat of arms flanked at the sides by two lions and at the top by a frieze of armor and foliage. Along the bottom edge of the design is an illustration of houses within a landscape.

Artist

Hugues Brisville|Jean Berain|Gabriel Ladame

Date

ca. 1663

Medium

Engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Purchase, Daniel Ergmann Gift, 2014