Plate Eleven from Nouveavx Desseins D'Arquebvseries
Gilles Demarteau
ca. 1749 · Engraving · Arms and Armor
The beautiful and inventive ornament designs in pattern books were intended for the practical needs of artists and craftsman. Some, like this example, are literally shopworn, showing stains and other damage from use in an active workshop.
- Artist
- Gilles Demarteau
- Date
- ca. 1749
- Medium
- Engraving
- Culture
- French, Paris
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2016
