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This and 132 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Book, Album of Prints: Ornament Designs Invented by Jean Berain, 1711.

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Bound Print, Court Scene, Garden Dining

This is a Bound print. It was designed by Jean Bérain the Elder and published by Jacques Thuret. It is dated 1711 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving on laid 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.

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: Berrin inv.

It is inscribed

Printed lower center, in plate: 1. Arcade de la Füillée où le Roy estoit a table. / 2. Arcade de la Feüillée ou Monseigneur le Dauphin estoit a table. / 3. Costez de la table qui bordoient le Canal, et n'estoient occupez que par des Fleurs, / de l'Argenterie et des lumieres. / 4. Buffet qui en avoit un autre opposé de lautre costé du Canal. / 5. Berceaux qui font le tour de Boulingrain et qui estoient illuminez.; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 107; Inscribed in graphite, lower left, in margin (along vertical): 1921-6-201(107); Inscribed in graphite, lower left, in margin (along horizontal): C-7776

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Court Scene, Garden Dining; Designed by Jean Bérain the Elder (French, 1640–1711); Published by Jacques Thuret (French, 1669–1738); France; engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-201-107

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