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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, Ornamental Capital Designs

This is a Bound print. It was designed by Jean Bérain the Elder and print maker: Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin 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 inscribed

Printed lower center, in plate: 4; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in plate: 29; Inscribed in graphite, lower left, in margin: 1921-6-201 (29)

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Ornamental Capital Designs; Designed by Jean Bérain the Elder (French, 1640–1711); Print Maker: Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin (French, 1671–1716); Published by Jacques Thuret (French, 1669–1738); France; engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-201-29

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