Nouveavx Desseins D'Arquebvseries
ca. 1705–49
Medium
Engravings
Dimensions
plate 1 (2016.403.1): sheet: 11 1/2 x 9 in. (29.2 x 22.9 cm); plate: 9 3/8 x 6 5/8 in. (23.8 x 16.8 cm); plate 2 (2016.403.2): sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 in. (30.2 x 22.9 cm); plate: 9 3/8 x 6 5/8 (23.8 x 16.8 cm); plate 3 (2013.906): 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (26.7 x 19.1 cm); plate 4 (2016.403.3): sheet: 11 3/4 x 9 1/8 in. (29.8 x 23.2 cm); plate: 9 1/4 x 6 5/8 in. (23.5 x 16.8 cm); plate 5 (2016.409): sheet: 11 1/2 x 9 in. (29.2 x 22.9 cm); plate: 9 3/8 x 6 5/8 in. (23.8 x 16.8 cm); plate 6 (2016.311): sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 in. (30.16 x 22.86 cm); plate: 9 1/8 x 6 3/8 in. (23.17 x 16.19 cm); plate 7 (2016.403.4): sheet: 12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm); plate: 9 3/8 x 6 3/8 in. (23.8 x 16.2 cm); plate 8 (2016.403.5): sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 1/16 in. (30.2 x 23 cm); plate: 7 7/16 x 5 1/4 in. (18.9 x 13.3 cm); plate 9 (2016.403.5): sheet: 11 3/4 x 9 1/8 in. (29.8 x 23.2 cm); plate: 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. (18.4 x 13.3 cm); plate 10 (2016.312): sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 1/8 in. (30.16 x 23.17 cm); plate: 8 1/2 x 6 3/8 in. (21.59 x 16.19 cm); plate 11 (2016.403.7): sheet: 11 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (29.2 x 23.5 cm); plate: 8 7/16 x 6 7/16 in. (21.4 x 16.3 cm); plate 12 (2013.905): 7 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. (19 x 23.8 cm)
Classification
Works on Paper-Engravings
Culture
French, Paris
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
2013.905, .906: Purchase, Bequest of Stephen V. Grancsay, Rogers Fund, Helmut Nickel Gift, and funds from various donors, by exchange, 2013; 2016.311, .312: Purchase, Michael H. Pourfar Gift, 2016; 2016.403.1–.7: Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2016; 2016.409: Purchase, Marica F. Vilcek Gift, 2016
Accession Number
2013.905,.906;2016.311,.312,.403.1–.7,.409
Tags
About the Artist
Gilles Demarteau|De Lacollombe · 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 ...