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Suggestion for the Decoration of Top Right Side of Portal, Plate 3 from 'Allerneueste Façon von Auszierungen zu Portalen'

Jeremias Wachsmuth|Martin Engelbrecht

Printed ca. 1750–56

Suggestion for the Decoration of Top Right Side of Portal, Plate 3 from 'Allerneueste Façon von Auszierungen zu Portalen' by Jeremias Wachsmuth|Martin Engelbrecht

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Overall: 8 7/16 × 13 3/4 in. (21.5 × 35 cm)

Classification

Prints|Ornament & Architecture|Albums

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Daniel Ergmann Gift, 2014

Accession Number

2014.97.25

Tags

Ornament

Art Historical Context

Step into the ornate world of 18th European design with *Suggestion for the Decoration of Right Side of Portal, 3* from *Allerneueste Fa von Auszierungen Portalen* ("Newest Fashion of Decor for Portals"). Created around 1750–56 by German artists Jeremias Wachsmuth Martin Engelbrecht, this captures the exuberant Rococo style at its peak. Rococo, with its playful curves, shells, and floral motifs, transformed architecture into a feast for the eyes, adorning grand entrances of palaces and townhouses across Germany and beyond. As Plate 3 in a pattern book for architects and decorators, this print...

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