Ceiling Design, plate 40 from "Curieuses recherches de plusieurs beaus morceaus d'ornemens antiques et modernes..."

Ceiling Design, plate 40 from "Curieuses recherches de plusieurs beaus morceaus d'ornemens antiques et modernes..."

Jacques LePautre

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published as part of a series designed and published by Philippon in 1645, reproducing elements of Italian architecture, this print shows part of an ornamented ceiling contains an octagonal coffer decorated with a rosette surrounded by four children, shown half-length and holding hands.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ceiling Design, plate 40 from "Curieuses recherches de plusieurs beaus morceaus d'ornemens antiques et modernes..."Ceiling Design, plate 40 from "Curieuses recherches de plusieurs beaus morceaus d'ornemens antiques et modernes..."Ceiling Design, plate 40 from "Curieuses recherches de plusieurs beaus morceaus d'ornemens antiques et modernes..."Ceiling Design, plate 40 from "Curieuses recherches de plusieurs beaus morceaus d'ornemens antiques et modernes..."Ceiling Design, plate 40 from "Curieuses recherches de plusieurs beaus morceaus d'ornemens antiques et modernes..."

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