Trompe-l'Oeil Ceiling Design with an Oculus Above a Circular Opening, and Putti on Shells Decorating the Coving, from a Series of Six Plates with Ceiling Designs

Daniel Marot the Elder French
Published by Pierre Husson Dutch

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Ceiling design with trompe-l'oeil circular opening with putti and an oculus supported by arches above. The coving is decorated with putti on shells at the center of each side and personifications at each corner. From an untitled series of six plates with ceiling designs, two of which carry the date 1708, suggesting the set is a later addition.

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