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# 6 from " Livre second essais de gravjre " second book of Engraved Designs
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The title page for this set of prints suggests that Bourdon’s designs are “useful for clockmakers, goldsmiths, chiselers, engravers and other people.” These craftsmen who made ornamented objects, such as the boxes and pistol below, sometimes consulted printed designs for inspiration. However, pattern prints similar to Bourdon’s also catered to aristocrats and wealthy professionals who pursued knowledge about styles and artists as a form of entertainment.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit line# 6 from " Livre second essais de gravjre " second book of Engraved Designs, c. 1703. Pierre Bourdon (French). Etching and engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William Ellery Greene for the Lucy S. Greene Collection, 1963.564
