Album of Prints: Ornaments in the Queen's Apartment at the Old Louvre designed by Charles Errard
date: label: Date
content: 1664-1689
name: label: Designer
content: Charles Errard, French, c. 1601 - 1689
label: Print Maker
content: Paul Androuet Du Cerceau, French, 1623/30 – 1710
label: Publisher
content: Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Album of prints depicting ornament panels to decorate the apartments of Anne of Austria at the Louvre. Charles Errard was a painter and architect born in Nantes. He worked on a number of decorative projects for the various residences of the French Crown. This album shows his designs for one such project carried out in the Louvre for Queen Anne of Austria, mother of Louis XIV of France. Unfortunately most of the painter's realizations have been destroyed.
place: label: published in
content: Paris, 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: 1921-6-289
objectType: label: Type
content: albums (bound) & books
label: Object Name
content: Album
label: Type
content: Album
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 44 × 31.4 cm (17 5/16 × 12 3/8 in.)