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This and 11 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Designs for Console Tables, Wall Brackets and Ceilings.

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Print, Ceiling Designs

This is a Print. It was designed by Nicolas Pineau and published by Jean Mariette. It is dated ca. 1730 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 plate, lower left: Pineau invenit; lettered lower right: Mariette excudit.

It is inscribed

Numbered in plate, lower left: 4.

Cite this object as

Print, Ceiling Designs; Designed by Nicolas Pineau (French, 1684-1754); Published by Jean Mariette (1660–1742); France; etching and engraving on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-374-9

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