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Print, Frontispiece, Soleil executé en argent pour les religieuses Carmelites de Poitiers en 1727, Livre d'Orfeverie d'Eglise, Treisieme Livre des Oeuvres de J. A. Messionnier (Silver Sun Made by the Carmelites of Poitiers in 1727)
This is a Print. It was designed by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier and engraved by B. Audran and published by Gabriel Huquier. It is dated 1740 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving on white 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.
Its dimensions are
47.8 x 21.9 cm (18 13/16 x 8 5/8 in.)
It is signed
Signed in plate, lower right: B. Audran Sculp.
It is inscribed
Inscribed in plate, upper left: N; upper center: Livre d'Orfeverie d'Eglise Treisième Livre / des Oeuvres de J. A. Meissionnier; upper right: 78; lower center: Soleil Executé en argent pour les Religieuses Carmelites de Poitiers en 1727. / A Paris chés Huquier rue St. Jacque au coin de celle des Mathurins C.P.R.
Cite this object as
Print, Frontispiece, Soleil executé en argent pour les religieuses Carmelites de Poitiers en 1727, Livre d'Orfeverie d'Eglise, Treisieme Livre des Oeuvres de J. A. Messionnier (Silver Sun Made by the Carmelites of Poitiers in 1727); Designed by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (French, b. Italy, 1695–1750); Engraved by B. Audran; Published by Gabriel Huquier (French, 1695–1772); France; engraving on white laid paper; 47.8 x 21.9 cm (18 13/16 x 8 5/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-212-36
