Ornament Designs Invented by J. Berain
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Overall: 20 5/16 x 16 x 1 3/4 in. (51.6 x 40.6 x 4.5 cm)
Classification
Books|Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1915, transferred from the Library
Accession Number
21.36.141
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Jean Berain|Daniel Marot the Elder|Jules Hardouin Mansart|Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin|Pierre Giffart|Juan Dolivar|M. Daigremont|Jean Le Pautre|Jean Mariette|François Le Moyne|Claude Duflos|Joseph Vivien|François Chauveau|Jacques III Thuret · 1640–1711
**Jean Bérain the Elder (1640–1711)** was a French draughtsman, designer, painter, and engraver of ornament who served as the central artistic force in the Royal office of the Menus-Plaisirs du Roi. Born in Saint-Mihiel in the Spanish Netherlands (now France) to a master gunsmith, he spent his career in Paris and became one of the defining figures of late 17th-century French decorative arts. Béra...