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This and 66 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Album of Designs for Architectural Details and Ornament.

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1920

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

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Print, Title Page

This is a Print. It was designed by D. Antoine Pierretz and published by Madeleine de Colemont and print maker: D. Antoine Pierretz. It is dated 1648 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching and engraving on 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 in plate, lower center: A PARIS/ Chez la Veuve F. Langlois, dict Chartres

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper left, above plate: 233; inscribed in graphite, upper right margin: 1000/ No. 17; inscribed in graphite, lower right, below plate: 17; numbered in plate, lower right: 1; Lettered lower center, in plate: Recherche/ de plusieurs beaux morceaux d’ornemens / antiques et modernes comme trophies, / frises, masques, feuillages, et autres,/ dessignés et graves/ par A. Pierretz

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page; Designed by D. Antoine Pierretz (French, active 1647); Published by Madeleine de Colemont (French, d. 1664); France; etching and engraving on paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-446-16

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