Page Three from "Toisieme Livre Contenant Des Frises ou Paneaux en Longueur Inventés Par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi et Gravés par Huquier"
after 1751
Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Accession Number
1959-85-15
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
This print represents page three from a celebrated collection of ornamental designs by Gilles-Marie Oppenord, the French architect who served ase du Roi. Born in 1672 and until his death in 1742 Oppenord created inventive decorative schemes that influenced interiors and architecture during a vibrant period of French artistic patronage. The work’s full title, “Toisieme Livre Contenant Des Frises ou Paneaux en Longueur Inventés Par G. M. Oppenort Architecte du Roi et Gravés par Huquier,” identifies it as part of a third book of long friezes or panels conceived by Oppenord and skillfully engraved...