Mascarade à la Grecque; Suite des Vases; and [Cheminées]

Mascarade à la Grecque; Suite des Vases; and [Cheminées] by Ennemond Alexandre Petitot|Benigno Bossi|Marquis de Felino

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

GarlandsWomenCornucopiaVases

About the Artist

Ennemond Alexandre Petitot|Benigno Bossi|Marquis de Felino · 17271801

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,...

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