Fame on a Trophy of Arms
Jean Lepautre
1601 to 1650
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 16.2 x 11.5 cm (6 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.), cut within platemark
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg
Accession Number
2011.139.122
About the Artist
Jean Lepautre
Jean Le Pautre (baptized June 28, 1618; died February 2, 1682), a pioneering French designer and engraver, emerged from a distinguished family of artists in Paris. The elder brother of architect Antoine Le Pautre, he was father to engravers Pierre Le Pautre and Jacques Le Pautre, uncle to sculptor Pierre Lepautre, and through his daughter Marie's marriage, stepfather-in-law to sculptor Pierre Le G...