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Interior with a Canopy Bed and a Row of Chairs Lining the Walls, from Nouveaux Liure da Partements, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot

Daniel Marot the Elder|Pierre Husson

published 1703 or 1712

Interior with a Canopy Bed and a Row of Chairs Lining the Walls, from Nouveaux Liure da Partements, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot by Daniel Marot the Elder|Pierre Husson

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet: 8 1/2 × 13 1/2 in. (21.6 × 34.3 cm) Plate: 7 5/16 × 10 5/8 in. (18.6 × 27 cm)

Classification

Prints|Ornament & Architecture

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930

Accession Number

30.4(10)

Tags

FireplacesInteriorsBedsChairsBedrooms

Art Historical Context

Step into the opulent world of early 18th-century European interiors with *Interior with a Canopy Bed and a Row of Chairs Lining the Walls*, an etching from Daniel Marot the Elder's *Nouveaux Liure da Partements*, part of his renowned *Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot*. Published around 1703 or 1712 by Pierre Husson, this print captures a lavish bedroom scene: a grand canopy bed dominates the space, flanked by chairs neatly aligned along tapestry-hung walls, a ornate fireplace, and subtle human figures, evoking the symmetry and grandeur of French design. Daniel Marot, a Huguenot architect and engraver ...

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