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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 1647-55 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.

It is signed

Lettered in plate, center: A Paris chez la Veuvue F./ L’Anglois dit Chartres/ rue S. Jacques au / Colones d’Hercule

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite upper center, above plate: N[---]cote; inscribed in graphite upper right margin: No. 42; inscribed in graphite, lower right, below plate: 42; lettered in center: LIVRE/ D’AUTELS ET/ D’EPITAPHES / Dessignez et gravez 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 on laid paper; Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-446-41

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