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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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Print, Ornamental Panel Design

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean Le Pautre and print maker: Jean Le Pautre. It is dated 1657–82 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 × 26.2 cm (7 1/2 × 10 5/16 in.) Platemark: 14.8 × 21.4 cm (5 13/16 × 8 7/16 in.) Image: 14 × 20.7 cm (5 1/2 × 8 1/8 in.)

It is signed

Lettered in plate, lower left: Inventé et gravé par le Pautre Avec privil du Roy; lettered lower right : A Paris chez Pierre Mariette rue St. Jacques a lesperance

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite lower right margin: 29,6

Cite this object as

Print, Ornamental Panel Design; Designed by Jean Le Pautre (French, 1618–1682); France; etching on laid paper; Sheet: 19 × 26.2 cm (7 1/2 × 10 5/16 in.) Platemark: 14.8 × 21.4 cm (5 13/16 × 8 7/16 in.) Image: 14 × 20.7 cm (5 1/2 × 8 1/8 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-341-53

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