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This and 18 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Ornament Designs.

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Print, Ornament and Panel Designs

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean Bérain, the elder and Jean Bérain the Younger and print maker: Jean Bérain, the elder and Jean Bérain the Younger and published by Nicolas Langlois. It is dated ca.1670–ca.1700 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on 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.

It is signed

Lettered in right plate, lower left: Langlois rüe St. Jacques

It is inscribed

Numbered in left plate, lower right: 5; numbered in right plate, lower right: 6

Cite this object as

Print, Ornament and Panel Designs; Designed by Jean Bérain, the elder (French, 1640 – 1711), Jean Bérain the Younger (1674-1726); Published by Nicolas Langlois; France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-238-15

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