Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Masques de coquillages et de rocailles // [Masks of shells and pebbles].
Call Number
A Middle 40/Drawer 05/GC077/Half Folio/17th c./Versailles GA 2012.01397
Identifier
ark:/88435/sf268d23p
Publisher
[s.l.] : [s.n.], 1675.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1675
Extent
1 item ; sheet 58.5 x 45.8 cm.
Source Acquisition
Acquired by Princeton in 1886 in an exchange with the Bibliotheque nationale (France). John S. Pierson, Class of 1840, effected the exchange, recorded by the BN as "Double e'change" No. 907.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Engravings
Signed in plate, lower right: "F. Chauveau sculps. 1675".

Discovery Information

Subject
Architecture—Details—France—Versailles—In art
Decoration and ornament, Architectural—France—Versailles—In art
Grottoes (Garden structures)—France—Versailles—In art
Chateau de Versailles (Versailles, France)—In art
Masks (Sculpture)—France—Versailles—In art
Palaces—France—Versailles—In art
Felibien, Andre, sieur des Avaux et de Javercy, 1619-1695. Description de la grotte de Versailles—Illustrations
Bibliotheque nationale (France)—Former owner

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/8901d0e8-1f17-40d2-a508-c8caacb72cb1/manifest