Plate Six from Nouveavx Desseins D’Arquebvseries
dated 1749
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
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)
Classification
Works on Paper-Engravings
Culture
French
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Michael H. Pourfar Gift, 2016
Accession Number
2016.311
Tags
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 ...