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Bound Print, Title Page

This is a Bound print. It was designed by Jean Bérain the Younger and print maker: Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin and published by Imprimerie nationale. It is dated 1710 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching 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 in plate, lower left : I. Berain delin.; lower right: G.I.B. Scotin Sculpf. 1710

It is inscribed

Lettered in plate, center within frame: Ornemens/ de peinture et de sculpture,/ qui sont dans la Galerie d’Apollon,/ au Chasteau du Louvre,/ et dans le grand Appartement du Roy,/ au Palais des Tuilleries./ Dessinez et gravez par/ les Srs. Berain, Chauveau, et le Moine.; numbered in plate, lower right: 1

Cite this object as

Bound Print, Title Page; Designed by Jean Bérain the Younger (1674-1726); Print Maker: Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin (French, 1671–1716); Published by Imprimerie nationale; France; etching on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-222-1

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