Diverses Pieces de Serruriers, page 13 (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. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design is for a lock plate and is in the shape of a rectangle. Illustrated in the center of the design is a composite nude female and plant figure that is connected to coiling vines of leaves and flowers; this entire section sits upon a thin rectangular base. Below the top portion of the design is a hexagonal key hole that is surrounded by foliage elements and flanked at the sides by a circle containing a floral motif. At each corner of the design is a diverse foliage element.

Artist

Hugues Brisville|Jean Berain|Gabriel Ladame

Date

ca. 1663

Medium

Engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Purchase, Daniel Ergmann Gift, 2014