Designs for Brackets with Silverwork, late 17th century, Etching and Engraving, plate: 7 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (19 x 26 cm), Jean Berain (French, Saint-Mihiel 1640–1711 Paris), Etching and engraving with designs for brackets with silverwork, designed by Jean I Berain. Entrusted with drawings for costumes, stage sets, and royal ceremonies at the 'Academie Royale de la Musique' since 1680, Berain's ingenious creations took acanthus and laurel leaves, palmettes and grotesques, mixing them with dancers, acrobats, monkeys and satyrs, to create his own, imaginative, theatrical world
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