Oeuvres
c. 1709
Artist, French, c. 1645 - 1729
Artist, French, active 1700/1709
Artist, French, 1638 - 1723
Artist, French, 17th century
Artist, French, active 1705/1709
Artist, French, c. 1663 - 1752
Artist, French, born 1694
Artist, French, 1690 - 1745 or after
Artist, French, active 1709
Artist, French, probably 1654 - 1742
Artist, French, died 1684
Author, French, 1640 - 1711
Artwork overview
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Medium
1 vol: a collected edition of Berain's works (134 plates on 128 leaves (2 double), 10 half-page plates printed 2 to a page, 122 full-page 2 double-page, versos blank); engravers include: Louis-Gerard Scotin (21), Jean Dolivar (17), Marie Daigremont(11), Jacques Lepautre (5), Pierre Giffart (3), Daniel Marot (3), Jean Mariette (3), Jacques-François Bénard (2), Claude Bérain (2), J.-L. Bojan (1), dedication portrait (after painting by Joseph Vivien) by Suzanne Elisabeth Silvestre and A. Duflos
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
page size: 53 x 38.9 cm (20 7/8 x 15 5/16 in.)
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Accession
1981.70.3
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
18th century ownership inscription of A.H. Holsworth. Mark J. Millard, New York; gift to NGA, 1981.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1993
Wiebenson/Baines 1993, no. 19.
Inscriptions
by later hand, front end paper, upper left on brown ink: A.H. Holsworth; by later hand, front end paper, upper left in graphite: Ornemens / Berain portrait and 124 fine [illegible] / remarkably fine original impressions