Antique Print-GARDEN-DECORATION-STATUE-WOMAN-PEDESTAL-Le Pautre-ca. 1650

Etching / engraving on hand laid paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 21.7 x 29.5 cm. The image size is ca. 21.5 x 29.2 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.5 x 11.6 inch. The image size is ca. 8.5 x 11.5 inch.

Antique print, untitled. Decorated garden view, through a decorated border. It shows a male statue (as part of a fountain?), on a pedestal. Source unknown, to be determined.Artists and Engravers: Made by ‘Jean le Pautre’ after an anonymous artist. Jean le Pautre / Lepautre (1618-1682) was a French designer and engraver. Le Pautre was an apprentice to a carpenter and builder. In addition to learning mechanical and constructive work, he developed considerable skill with the pencil. His designs, innumerable in quantity and exuberant in content, consisted mainly of ceilings, friezes, chimney-pieces, doorways and mural decorations. He also devised fire-dogs, sideboards, cabinets, console tables, mirrors and other pieces of furniture.

Condition: Excellent, given age. Small stain in lower left. Margin cropped close to the image edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-GARDEN-DECORATION-STATUE-WOMAN-PEDESTAL-LE PAUTRE

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