Artist
D. Antoine Pierretz
D. Antoine Pierretz is a Baroque artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This Parisian engraver spent years hunched over antique ruins, tracing the swirls of old friezes until his hands cramped. He clipped every scoop, curl, and leaf into neat metal plates so other artists could copy them. They did—across Europe—for a hundred years. Look for his 1648 print set *Recherche de plusieurs beaux morceaux d’ornemens antiques et modernes*: page after page of masks, scrolls, and vines you’ll spot on furniture, buildings, and even tattoos today.
Works by D. Antoine Pierretz
Collections represented
Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.