Designs for three terms
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 6 1/4 × 4 5/16 in. (15.8 × 10.9 cm)
Classification
Books|Ornament & Architecture|Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
Accession Number
32.130.21
About the Artist
Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau|Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi) · 1510–1585
Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau (c. 1510–1584), born in Paris to a wine merchant, emerged as a pivotal figure in introducing Renaissance architecture to France through his innovative designs and engravings. Trained as an architect, decorator, and engraver, he established a printshop in Orléans around 1549, where he began producing influential suites of engravings, starting with triumphal arches. His...