Bound print
Medium
Bound print
Classification
Bound print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number
1921-6-539-124
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Jean Mariette (1660–1742), a prominent French engraver, print publisher, and art dealer created this *Bound print* in 1727, during the vibrant Regency period under Philippe II, Duke of Orléans. Active in Paris amid the transition from Baroque grandeur to the lighter Rococo style, Mari played a key role in Europe's burgeoning print trade, reproducing masterpieces by artists like Rubens and Van Dyck to make elite art accessible to collectors across the continent. The medium—a "bound print"—refers to an engraving or etching compiled into a bound volume, a popular format for 18th-century connoiss...