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1920

  • We acquired this object.

2025

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Print, Mars (Sous le protection du Dieu Mars et de Minerve); Avril (Sous le protection de Venus) from the suite Les mois grotesques, 1726

This is a Print. It is dated 1726 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on off white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

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

Its dimensions are

47.0 x 33.7 cm (18 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. )sheet 38.8 x 24.7 cm (15 5/16 x 9 34 in.) plate

It is inscribed

Left Image: Imprinted upper center: Mars/Sous la protection du Dieu Mars et de Minerve. Right Image: Imprinted upper center: Avril/Sous la protection de Venus. In graphite below plate lower left: 2

Cite this object as

Print, Mars (Sous le protection du Dieu Mars et de Minerve); Avril (Sous le protection de Venus) from the suite Les mois grotesques, 1726; France; etching and engraving on off white laid paper; 47.0 x 33.7 cm (18 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. )sheet 38.8 x 24.7 cm (15 5/16 x 9 34 in.) plate; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-229-2

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