Title Plate with a Cartouche Set in a Lavish Interior, from Nouveaux Liure da Partements, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot

Title Plate with a Cartouche Set in a Lavish Interior, from Nouveaux Liure da Partements, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot by Daniel Marot the Elder|Pierre Husson

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet: 8 1/2 × 13 1/2 in. (21.6 × 34.3 cm) Plate: 7 5/16 × 10 11/16 in. (18.5 × 27.1 cm)

Classification

Prints|Ornament & Architecture

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930

Accession Number

30.4(7)

Tags

Interiors

Art Historical Context

Step into the opulent world of early 18th-century European design with this etching, *Title Plate with a Cartouche in a Lavish Interior from Daniel Marot the Elder's influential *Nouveaux Liure daements*, part of his comprehensive *Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot*. around 1703 or 1712 by Pierre Husson The Hague, it showcases Marot's mastery of Baroque ornamentation. A Huguenot refugee who fled France after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, Marot blended Louis XIV grandeur with Dutch restraint, influencing interiors across Europe, including for William III and Mary II at Het Loo Palace. The print ...

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