Title page from Cinquieme Livre de Trophées
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 15 1/4 x 9 15/16 in. (38.8 x 25.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1964
Accession Number
64.682.227
Tags
Art Historical Context
This etching serves as the title page for *Cinquieme Livre de Trophées*, a decorative design book created in 18th-century France by Jean Charles Delafosse in collaboration with Jean Dominique Etienne Le Canu. Measuring roughly 15 by 10 inches, the print exemplifies the period’s fascination with ornamental “trophies”—classical arrangements of weapons, armor, musical instruments, and human figures that symbolized victory, abundance, or the arts. Such motifs were widely used by architects, cabinetmakers, and silversmiths to embellish furniture, walls, and objects. Delafosse, trained as an archit...
About the Artist
Jean Charles Delafosse|Jean Dominique Etienne Le Canu · 1734–1789
French architect. Comment on works: architect; copper engraver Comment on works: Architect; Draughtsman; Ornamentist; Engraver