D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647 Search this
Publisher:
Madeleine de Colemont, French, d. 1664 Search this
Medium:
Etching on laid paper
Object Name:
Print
Type:
Print
Made in:
France
Published in:
Paris, France
Date:
1647
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Design for an exterior doorway with an arched tympanum featuring a roundel, spears with flags, eagles, and arms and armor on a base decorated with festoons of laurel leaves, repeating leaf patterns, and flaming torches. The doors are left blank, but the frame is decorated with geometric patterns, s-scrolls, festoons of fleurons, and shells. Surrounding the doorway, the façade is rusticated, with a keystone decorated by a mask with a basket of flowers on its head. The cornice includes gadrooning molding. The plate is numbered.
