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Allegory of Architecture, 1756

  • burin engraving, paper
  • 270 x 261 mm
  • Inv. 2015-AT

Public Domain

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The print is part of the series in which children depict the four arts: "Architecture", "Music", "Painting" and "Sculpture". The plan shows the design for the Bellevue palace in Meudon. At the bottom is the coat of arms of Madame de Pompadour.

Artist

Etienne Fessard RKD
Paris 1714 - Paris 1777
engravers (printmakers)AAT

Carle van Loo RKD VIAF Wikidata
Nice 1705 - Paris 1765
after

François Joullain RKD
Paris - Paris
publisherAAT

Title Allegory of Architecture
Date 1756
Period 18th century
Location Paris TGN
Medium and support burin engraving AAT
Collection print room
Object type burin engraving AAT
reproductive prints AAT
Inventory number 2015-AT
Acquisition credit unknown
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2015-AT
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8623/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055866 allegory (artistic device) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 31D112 child Iconclass
31D11221 boy (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass
41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass
41A11 palace Iconclass
47G41 scaffold (~ building activities) Iconclass
48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
48C the arts; artists Iconclass
48C1 architecture Iconclass
48C14 architectural representations in general Iconclass
48C1423 plan ~ architecture Iconclass
48C15 tools, implements of architect Iconclass
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