Frieze with an eagle holding a serpent in its mouth at top, from Frises et ornements à la moderne, plate 5, 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: Frises et ornements à la moderne
Artist: Jean Le Pautre|Charles Antoine Jombert|Pierre Mariette le fils
Artist bio: French, Paris 1618–1682 Paris|French, 1712–1784|French, Paris 1634–1716 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: 7 11/16 × 11 in. (19.5 × 27.9 cm)
Classification: Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Geography:  Paris     
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1918
Accession year: 1918