Capital in the Composite Order and Various Architectural Details
ca. 1554–60
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 16 3/8 × 19 3/16 in. (41.6 × 48.7 cm) Plate: 11 7/8 × 16 in. (30.1 × 40.6 cm) [measurement for width describes the diameter]
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Susan Schulman Printseller Gift, in honor of Catherine Jenkins, 2012
Accession Number
2012.577
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Hugues Sambin · 1520–1601
**Hugues Sambin** (c. 1520–1601) was a versatile French craftsman, sculptor, architect, and designer from the Franche-Comté region who became one of the leading figures of Mannerist art in Burgundy and eastern France. Born in Gray, he trained as a *menuisier* (woodworker or joiner) and came from a family of wood-carvers; his father was Mammes Sambin, and his brothers Guillaume and Claude also work...