Suite de Douze Vases
Ennemond Alexandre Petitot|Basan Frères|Juste Nathan Boucher
n.d. [after 1764]
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Overall: 10 1/4 x 15 9/16 x 3/16 in. (26 x 39.6 x 0.5 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
Accession Number
30.58.8
Tags
CentaursPlantsVases
About the Artist
Ennemond Alexandre Petitot|Basan Frères|Juste Nathan Boucher · 1727–1801
Recipient of the Grand Prix in 1745. Court architect to the Bourbons of Parma. Became a citizen of Parma in 1758. Elected a member of the Académie royale d'architecture (France) in Paris in 1762. Macmillan mentions that Petitot worked as urban planner, inventor of decorative displays, technician of hydraulic engineering, engraver and planner of festivals. French architect, printmaker and designer,...