Portrait of Hugues Brisville, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)
date: label: Date
content: after 1663
name: label: Designer
content: Hugues Brisville, French, active ca. 1663
label: Engraver
content: Gabriel Ladame, French, active ca. 1645 - 1668
label: Publisher
content: Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703
label: Publisher
content: Pierre Mariette II, French, 1634 - 1716
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Self-portrait of Hugues Brisville set within an oval medallion enclosed by an ornamental frame composed of grotesques with masks and the heads of various animals; putti and the figures of Time and Minerva terminating in foliate scrolls. Brisville is depicted seated at a table by an open window with a piece of paper and holding a chalk holder and compass in his right hand, a view of a balcony, garden and wrought iron gates beyond. A frame of grotesques with acanthus rinceaux, bird heads, masks, and dogs. At the bottom, two figures with bodies terminating in acanthus leaves, representing Time and Minerva. The left figure, an older man, holds a scroll with a cipher, assisted by a winged child. The right figure wears antique style armor and holds a shield with a coat-of-arms, assisted by the half figure of a putto. At bottom center, an hourglass and owl perched on a flower. At center, the portrait of a man with long hair, seated at a ledge with paper and pen before him. Surrounding him are four winged figures; the one at top left holds a page and draughtman’s tools.
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: 1921-6-486-1
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving and etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 34 × 40.2 cm (13 3/8 × 15 13/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 25.5 × 35.3 cm (10 1/16 × 13 7/8 in.)