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This and 115 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Alcoves, Friezes, and Ornament Designs.

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1920

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

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Print, Interior Alcove with Figures

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean Le Pautre and published by Pierre Mariette and print maker: Jean Le Pautre. It is dated 1650–80 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.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 19.1 × 26.5 cm (7 1/2 × 10 7/16 in.) Platemark: 14.8 × 21.2 cm (5 13/16 × 8 3/8 in.) Image: 14.1 × 20.5 cm (5 9/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower center: A Paris chez P. Mariette rue S. Jacques a l’esperance

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate, lower center : 2; inscribed in ink lower right margin: 896

Cite this object as

Print, Interior Alcove with Figures; Designed by Jean Le Pautre (French, 1618–1682); Published by Pierre Mariette II (French, 1634 - 1716); France; etching on laid paper; Sheet: 19.1 × 26.5 cm (7 1/2 × 10 7/16 in.) Platemark: 14.8 × 21.2 cm (5 13/16 × 8 3/8 in.) Image: 14.1 × 20.5 cm (5 9/16 × 8 1/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-341-14

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