Habit de Vitrier (from Costumes Grotesques)

Artist Nicolas de Larmessin II (French, 1638-1694)

Dateabout 1690-1694

DimensionsOverall: 14 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (362 x 235mm); Image: 11 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (285 x 197mm)

MediumEtching with engraved title

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineFrederick B. and Kate L. Shoemaker Fund

Object number

2001.40C

Not on View

DescriptionThree etchings with engraved titles: "Habit de Mallettier et Coffrettier"; "Habit de Fripier"; and "Habit de Vitrier", from Costumes Grotesques, plates 32, 42, and 86 respectively dating from 1690-1694. Each has engraved title, along with: A Paris, Chez N. de L'Armessin, Rüe St. Jacques, á la Pome d'or; in lower left. Avec. Priuit, du Roy; in lower right. On verso in pencil: 297 RMM Three etchings with engraved titles: "Habit de Mallettier et Coffrettier"; "Habit de Fripier"; and "Habit de Vitrier", from Costumes Grotesques, plates 32, 42, and 86 respectively dating from 1690-1694. Each has engraved title, along with: A Paris, Chez N. de L'Armessin, Rüe St. Jacques, á la Pome d'or; in lower left. Avec. Priuit, du Roy; in lower right. On verso in pencil: 297 RMM

Published Referencescf. L'Arcimboldo dei Mestieri: Visioni Fantastiche e Costumi Grotteschi nelle Stampe (Milano: G. Mazzotta, 1979) cf. Les Costumes grotesques et les métiers: XVIIe siècle (Paris: H. Veyrier, 1974) cf. Bernard Campigneulle, "Forerunner of surrealism in the 17th century, Larmessin's Caricatures of Trade Dress," Graphis 6, no. 33 (1950): 458-61. cf. Le commerce de l'estampe à Paris au XVIIe siècle (Genève: Librairie Droz, 1986): plate 57. Page, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 11, repr. (col.) fig. 3.