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Onzieme livre des oeuvre de Mr. Meissonnier/Projet de Chandelier à branche pour le Roy.

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier1740

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Title page for the eleventh book of the work of Meissonnier. A five-armed candelabra with a putto leaning out from the central branch. The branches are heavily decorated with acanthus leaves. An eagle is perched below on the base.

Details

  • Title: Onzieme livre des oeuvre de Mr. Meissonnier/Projet de Chandelier à branche pour le Roy.
  • Creator: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
  • Creator Lifespan: 1695/1750
  • Date Created: 1740
  • Type: Print
  • Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
  • Medium: Engraving on white laid paper
  • Provenance: Jean Léon Decloux (Decloux 173)
  • Paper Support: White laid paper
  • Inscribed: Inscribed on plate, upper left: L; upper center: Onzieme livre des Oeuvre de Mr. Meissonnier; upper right: 67; lower left: J.A. Meissonnier, inv.; lower center: Projet de Chandelier à branche pour le Roy./A Paris chés Huquier rue St. Jacque au coin de celle des Mathurins; lower right: Huquier Sculp. et ex. ruë St. Jacque C.P.R.
  • Dimensions: Platemark: 32.3 x 21 cm (12 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

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