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Print, Design for a Niche With a Painting, ca. 1660

This is a Print. It was print maker: Jean Le Pautre. It is dated ca. 1660 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 19.6 × 13.6 cm (7 11/16 × 5 3/8 in.) Paper: 20.7 × 14.9 cm (8 1/8 × 5 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscription: "Jean le Potre In. et fe. Avec Privilege et se vendent Chez le Blond Rue S. Denis A la Cloche Dargent," at the bottom.

Cite this object as

Print, Design for a Niche With a Painting, ca. 1660; Print Maker: Jean Le Pautre (French, 1618–1682); etching on paper; Plate: 19.6 × 13.6 cm (7 11/16 × 5 3/8 in.) Paper: 20.7 × 14.9 cm (8 1/8 × 5 7/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-131-2

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