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
Rights
Public Domain
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...