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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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1920

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Bound Print, Framed Panel Design of Grotesque Ornamentation

This is a Bound print. It was designed by Jean Bérain the Elder and print maker: Pierre Lepautre 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: I. Berain invenit et delineavit.; Lettered lower right, in plate: le Pautre Sculpsit.

It is inscribed

Printed lower center, in plate: se vend a Paris Chez ledit autheur aux Galleries du Louvre avec Privilege du Roy . / G; Inscribed upper right, in margin: 59; Inscribed lower right, in margin: 1921-6-201 (57)

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Framed Panel Design of Grotesque Ornamentation; Designed by Jean Bérain the Elder (French, 1640–1711); Print Maker: Pierre Lepautre (French, 1652–1716); Published by Jacques Thuret (French, 1669–1738); France; engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-201-57

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