Allegory of Architecture

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Carle van Loo (after)
,
François Joullain (publisher)
,
Etienne Fessard (engravers (printmakers))

Date

1756

Period

18th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
The print is part of the series in which children depict the four arts: "Architecture", "Music", "Painting" and "Sculpture". The plan shows the design for the Bellevue palace in Meudon. At the bottom is the coat of arms of Madame de Pompadour.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Carle van Loo VIAF RKD Wikidata, François Joullain , Etienne Fessard VIAF RKD Wikidata
Types burin engraving , reproductive prints AAT
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 270 x 261 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2015-AT
Description
Subject allegory (artistic device) AAT
Tags child Iconclass, boy (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass, civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass, architecture Iconclass, architectural representations in general Iconclass, plan ~ architecture Iconclass, tools, implements of architect Iconclass, scaffold (~ building activities) Iconclass, palace Iconclass, the arts; artists Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2015-AT
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8623/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2015-AT
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