Interior Scene with a Solicitor/ Lawyer Surrounded by Ornament and Names of Parisian Gunmakers
date: label: Date
content: 1660
name: label: Print Maker
content: C. Jacquinet, French, active 1650 – 1660
label: Designer
content: C. Jacquinet, French, active 1650 – 1660
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In the center, an interior view of a solicitor’s office with a man wearing glasses and a hat seated at a desk and writing on a piece of paper. A dog at his feet. Two men and a young boy standing in the room. A large window to the right with a view of buildings. An almanac on the wall. And an open door to the left. Names of gunmakers in Paris surrounding the scene, lettered within ornament and gun parts. Text lettered below the scene relating to the work of a gunmaker and solicitors. The ornament features grotesque ornament, scrolling leaves (rinceaux), foliate scrolls, mascarons (masks), angels, roundels, armor, and cartouches.
label: Description
content: The gunmakers listed include the following: Michel Mayer, Alexandre Masson, Jean Masson, Claude Nanty, Choderlot, André Druart, Charles Des Trois Maisons, Eloi or Eloy des Neuf Maisons. (Names and biographical information listed by Herbert Houze, ‘Claude Roy: Graveur Sur Tous Metaux Au Chariot d’Or’m reprinted from the American Society of Arms Collectors Bulletin 2017,116:24-41)
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-408-15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 15.5 × 20.6 cm (6 1/8 × 8 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 12 × 14 cm (4 3/4 × 5 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Image: 11.9 × 13.5 cm (4 11/16 × 5 5/16 in.)