Nouveaux Ornemens D'Arquebuseries
Gilles Demarteau
ca. 1750–55
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
10 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (26 x 17.1 cm)
Classification
Works on Paper-Prints
Culture
French, Paris
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Gift of Russell B. Aitken, by exchange, 2006
Accession Number
2006.350.1–.19
Tags
Ornament
About the Artist
Gilles Demarteau · 1729–1776
Gilles Demarteau the Elder, born on January 19, 1722, in Liège, began his career steeped in the craft of metalwork. The son of a gunsmith, he learned engraving and goldsmithing from his father before moving to Paris around 1748–1750 to join his brother, who worked as a goldsmith for the engraver De Lacollombe, renowned for firearm ornament designs. Demarteau trained in De Lacollombe's workshop as ...