# Ceiling decoration

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BERAIN, Jean the Elder](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/berain-jean-the-elder-r9ecce1031e1073>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Graphite drawing

## Commentary

Berain was a great supplier of designs for tapestry, furniture, mural decoration, and weapons. The present drawing shows the decoration for the ceiling of the second antechamber of the Hôtel de Mailly, a private residence in Paris.

## Related artworks

- [Ornament design](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/berain-jean-the-elder-r9ecce1031e1073/ornament-design-r1398bf9c2df796>)
- [Panels of Grotesque Ornament with Commedia dell&#39; Arte Figures](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/berain-jean-the-elder-r9ecce1031e1073/panels-of-grotesque-ornament-with-commedia-dell-arte-figures-r78d7e079837411>)

## Attribution

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