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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, Panel Design of Grotesque Ornamentation, 1711

This is a Bound print. It was designed by Jean Bérain the Elder and published by Jacques Thuret and print maker: Jacques-François Bénard. It is dated 1711 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

It is signed

Lettered lower left, in plate: J. Berain invenit; Lettered lower right, in plate: I. F. Benard Sculpsit

It is inscribed

Printed lower center, in plate: Se vend chez Monsieur Thuret aux Galleries du Louvre avec privilege du Roy.; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: 2; Inscribed in graphite, lower left, in margin: 1921 6-201(2)

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Panel Design of Grotesque Ornamentation, 1711; Designed by Jean Bérain the Elder (French, 1640–1711); Print Maker: Jacques-François Bénard (French, 16..–1751); Published by Jacques Thuret (French, 1669–1738); France; engraving; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-201-2

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