Suite de Vases
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
12 7/8 x 9 1/8 x 11/16 in. (32.7 x 23.2 x 1.8 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1944, transferred from the Library
Accession Number
1985.1024
Tags
About the Artist
Ennemond Alexandre Petitot|Benigno Bossi|Léon Guillaume Du Tillot|J. H. Köch|A. Zingy · 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,...