Mascarade à la Grecque; Suite des Vases; and [Cheminées]
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Overall: 17 5/16 x 11 7/8 x 13/16 in. (43.9 x 30.1 x 2 cm) plate: 6 3/4 x 8 7/8 in. (17.2 x 22.5 cm)
Classification
Books|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1940
Accession Number
40.59.1
Tags
About the Artist
Ennemond Alexandre Petitot|Benigno Bossi|Marquis de Felino · 1727–1801
Recipient of the Grand Prix in 1745. Court architect to the Bourbons of Parma. Became a citizen of Parma in 1758. Elected a member of the Académie royale d'architecture (France) in Paris in 1762. Macmillan mentions that Petitot worked as urban planner, inventor of decorative displays, technician of hydraulic engineering, engraver and planner of festivals. French architect, printmaker and designer,...