3rd plate - The facade of the Hotel de Ville decorated with a triumphal arch framing a portrait of His Majesty.

People:

Michael Heylbrouck (etcher)
Jean-Bapt. Van Volsum (painter (artist))

Title:

3rd plate - The facade of the Hotel de Ville decorated with a triumphal arch framing a portrait of His Majesty.

Date:

1719

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Technique and media:

Etching with burin-work

Dimensions:

plate mark: 73.5 x 50.8 cm

Reference number:

DR1982:0243

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- One of six large folding plates detached from a book, this one printed on two sheets jointed horizontally.

Inscription:

inscribed - b.: Arc de Triomphe...erigé devant l'Hotel de Ville au grand Escalier, par lequel Son / Ex.ce en revenant de la Place de Charles V (dite du Vendredi) après l'Inauguration achevée, montoit avec / ceux de la Cavalcade pour aller se mettre à table au magnifique Repas qu'on y avoit preparé / Oct. 18, 1717; l.l.: Joan: B. van VolxSom inventor et pinx: inventor et pinx.; l.r.: M. Heylbrouck SculpSit Gand / imprimé, a Gand chez A. Gr(aet) [torn]

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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