Designer:

François Marcou, French, 1595 – 1660  Search this

Print Maker:

C. Jacquinet, French, active 1650 – 1660  Search this

Medium:

Engraving on laid paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 15.7 × 20.9 cm (6 3/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

Platemark: 10.3 × 15.4 cm (4 1/16 × 6 1/16 in.)

Image: 7.9 × 14.4 cm (3 1/8 × 5 11/16 in.)

Object Name:

Print

Type:

Print

Made in:

France

Date:

1657

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Designs for gun parts (flintlock and ornament) decorated with grotesque ornament, mascarons (masks), flowers, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), foliate scrolls, fleurons, snake, and a military trophy with a figure on the sideplate of the central flintlock. The plate is signed and numbered.

Credit Line:

Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council

Accession Number:

1921-6-408-19

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq43d87cd89-c7f7-4483-af18-ccd2866ca203

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1921-6-408-19