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Print, Ornament Designs on Ovals, ca. 1682

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean Louis Durant and print maker: Jean Louis Durant. It is dated ca. 1682 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 center, in plate: J.L. Durant inv. et Scul

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper left, in plate: 15.; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: Durant; Inscribed in graphite, lower left, in margin: 1921-6-262 (15)

Cite this object as

Print, Ornament Designs on Ovals, ca. 1682; Designed by Jean Louis Durant (Swiss, 1654–1718); France; engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-262-15

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