Architecture de Marot: Le Grand Marot (Set A)
17th century
Medium
Illustrations: engraving
Dimensions
18 3/8 × 12 1/16 × 1 15/16 in. (46.6 × 30.6 × 5 cm)
Classification
Books|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1952
Accession Number
52.519.185
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the opulent world of 17th-century French architecture *Architecture de Marot: Le Marot (Set A)*, a stunning collection of engravings by Jean Marot. This masterful volume, housed in the Metropolitan of Art's Drawings and Prints department, captures the grandeur of châteaus, palaces, and ornate facades from the reign of Louis XIV. Marot, a pioneering French architect and engraver (161–1679), documented these designs with meticulous detail, making architectural splendor accessible to a wider audience through print. Engravings, the medium here, were revolutionary for their precision and...