Quarter of a Ceiling with Mercury in a Painted Scene at Center, Framed by a Wide Border with a Bust in a Niche at the Corner, from Nouveau Liure de Placfond, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot
Daniel Marot the Elder French
Published by Pierre Husson Dutch
Not on view
Design showing a quarter of a ceiling, with a portion of the painted scene from the central panel of the ceiling included at upper right, with Mercury surrounded by figures in a celestial setting. In the border, panels, with the one at left depicting Apollo and Daphne. In the corner, a medallion with children and a goat, below a bust set in a shell-shaped niche and flanked by female figures holding up a garland. From a series of six prints with designs for ceiling decorations. The prints do not show the whole ceiling, but rather a quarter or two-thirds of the design. Since most of them are symmetric, this suffices to understand the overall look of the ceilings.
