Ceiling decoration depicting the horses of the Sun chasing the shadows of Night, from Nouveaux dessins de plafonds, plate 4, in A Bound Collection of Print Series Including Cheminées et Lambris, Alcoves à la Romaine, Feuillages et autres ornemens..., etc.
Object type: Print collection ornament & architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Nouveaux dessins de palfonds
Artist: Jean Le Pautre|Charles Antoine Jombert|Jean Mariette
Artist bio: French, Paris 1618–1682 Paris|French, 1712–1784|French, Saint Benoît 1660–1742 Paris
Artist role: Artist|Publisher|Publisher
Artist nationality: French|French|French
Date: 1751
Medium: Etching; second state of two (Préaud)
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 12 3/8 in. (21 × 31.5 cm)
Plate: 5 11/16 × 8 3/8 in. (14.5 × 21.3 cm)
Classification: Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Geography:  Paris     
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1918
Accession year: 1918