Caption
Hexagonal frame, Bordures de Tableau a la Romaine, print, album page, ornamental print, title print, Hexagonal richly decorated frame depicting people looking up at a building with monumental columns. In the center below, the series title in a medallion flanked by women, each holding an ornamental drawing. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Jean Lepautre, publisher: Pierre Mariette (II), Paris, grantor of privilege: Louis XIV (King of France), 1655 - 1657, paper, etching, height 213 mm x width 145 mm, ornaments, art, index finger forwards, pointing, indicating, frame of painting, A detailed monochrome engraving shows an ornate architectural frame with carved garlands, drapery, and sculpted figures surrounding a central scene; inside the frame a terrace or balcony overlooks a landscape with distant hills, a balustrade, and a sky with clouds, while a group of robed figures stand on the terrace with one pointing outward and two smaller figures walk along a colonnaded walkway; decorative female figures recline at the lower corners of the frame, and elaborate foliage and ribbon motifs fill the ornamental borders.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B45_174
License type
Rights managed
Available size
55.7Mb (6.5Mb) / 12.2in x 17.8in / 3646 x 5336 (300dpi)